CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, 22 March 2016: A week old male rhino calf rescued by the staff of Bagori forest range of Kaziranga National Park was admitted on Saturday the 19th March to the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC).

The forest staff of Donga forest camp of Bagori Forest Range found the solitary calf at Donga Kathoni on Saturday morning. Their team had searched for the mother but found no sign of her in two days.

Seeing the condition of the calf, the forest department called in the IFAW- WTI team and the animal was immediately shifted to CWRC by the mobile veterinary service unit led by the centre veterinarian Dr. Panjit Basumatary.

“The calf is severely dehydrated and weak,” he observed. Adequate clinical support was provided and the calf was kept under observation in the large animal nursery.

The new calf has subsequently been introduced to another calf that is undergoing hand raising as part of the rehabilitation protocol to reduce the stress factor and ease the rehabilitation process.