<p>Belur (Hassan district): In a heart-wrenching incident, a wild elephant was found dragging its dead calf wherever it went near the Jaknalli estate, Shiragura village, in the taluk. </p><p>A video clip, captured by the villagers on their mobile phones, is being circulated on social media. Even though the newborn calf is dead, the jumbo has been moving with the carcass for the last three days. The female elephant gave birth to the calf on Saturday, but it was stillborn, it is said. </p>.Wild jumbo, calf electrocuted in Karnataka's Sakleshpur taluk.<p>The video clip shows that the mother elephant is trying to wake up her calf, presuming it is alive. The jumbo is not allowing anyone to go near it.</p><p>Range Forest Officer Yathish said that the mother elephant moving with the dead calf is very painful. She is not allowing anyone to go nearby. However, if the calf's carcass starts emanating a stench, the jumbo will automatically leave, he said.</p>
<p>Belur (Hassan district): In a heart-wrenching incident, a wild elephant was found dragging its dead calf wherever it went near the Jaknalli estate, Shiragura village, in the taluk. </p><p>A video clip, captured by the villagers on their mobile phones, is being circulated on social media. Even though the newborn calf is dead, the jumbo has been moving with the carcass for the last three days. The female elephant gave birth to the calf on Saturday, but it was stillborn, it is said. </p>.Wild jumbo, calf electrocuted in Karnataka's Sakleshpur taluk.<p>The video clip shows that the mother elephant is trying to wake up her calf, presuming it is alive. The jumbo is not allowing anyone to go near it.</p><p>Range Forest Officer Yathish said that the mother elephant moving with the dead calf is very painful. She is not allowing anyone to go nearby. However, if the calf's carcass starts emanating a stench, the jumbo will automatically leave, he said.</p>