Mridula, an elephant at Manas, has a male calf
Forest minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said the birth on a social media post that PTI carried on November 3. Head mahout Dandeshwar Boro called it encouraging for the people who care for the elephants.
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An elephant named Mridula has given birth to a male calf at Manas National Park. The Press Trust of India reported the news on November 3, 2026, from a social media post by Assam's forest minister, Jayanta Malla Baruah. Head mahout Dandeshwar Boro described the calf as encouraging for the people who care for the park's elephants.
The same note also mentioned a rhino calf in the park. That birth, in the family of a rhino rescued years ago from floods, was already reported on its own. This account is the elephant. PTI did not name Mridula's calf, did not say which range the elephants use, and did not give a birth date beyond the minister's "a few days ago" wording, which the wire attached to the rhino. The park covers about 850 square kilometres along the India-Bhutan border, in the Baksa and Chirang districts, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The news is this calf. It is not a new total for Manas's elephants.
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An elephant named Mridula had a male calf at Manas National Park in Assam, India. The Press Trust of India reported it on November 3, 2026, from a note by the state's forest minister, Jayanta Malla Baruah. Head mahout Dandeshwar Boro said the calf made the people who look after the elephants glad. Manas is a large park along the border with Bhutan, and it is a World Heritage site. The same note also mentioned a rhino calf. That rhino family was already reported on its own. This story is Mridula's calf. The report does not give the calf a name or say which part of the park the elephants use.
- Why might the people who care for elephants day after day be the ones who notice a birth first?
- What is one thing a park has to have if a calf is going to grow up there?
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