This adorable baby elephant in Tamil Nadu can't live apart from her human parents
The orphaned female elephant calf was shifted from Mudumalai to Vandalur Zoo a year ago.
Zookeeper Ponnuswamy and Lakshmi, his wife, at Vandalur Zoo care for a one-and-half-year -old elephant calf. They call it papa (pet name given to daughter in Tamil). This daughter, however, drinks five litres of milk and takes bath five times a day. (Photo | EPS/Martin Louis)
The 400kg papa has been rechristened as ‘Prakruti’ by the couple, who also feed her tender coconuts, health supplements and glucose. (Photo | EPS/Martin Louis)
The orphaned female elephant calf was shifted from Mudumalai to Vandalur Zoo a year ago. (Photo | EPS/Martin Louis)
Prakruti feels at home in the hut of the couple and is so attached to them that she can’t sleep without them. (Photo | EPS/Martin Louis)
