Uttar Pradesh: Baby elephant Durga declared Dudhwa Park's new mascot

Uttar Pradesh government has decided to declare baby elephant Durga as new mascot of Dudhwa National Park for tourist season beginning from vember 16. According to local people, Durga has gained popularity among tourists. She is very friendly and lets tourists click selfies with her. 

Dudhwa National Park ready for tourist season

field director reflected on tourist season and said that Dudhwa National Park is ready to welcome tourists. All repair and development work of National Park is complete with new internal roads and routes. national park might also introduce elephant safari. He furr said that is pregnant rhi will also deliver her offspring in coming weeks. Moreover, Park authorities will reveal statistics for tiger population in National Park before it opens for tourists. 

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Durga, new mascot of Dudhwa National Park

A documentary video by Goan connection revealed that Durga was only three months old when she parted her ways with her family. She was severely attacked by a group of bees. Later, she was orphaned in Najibabad forest division of Bijr. former deputy director Mahaveer Kaujalg named her Durga when she was first brought to Dudhwa. According to zoo officials, Durga is taken care of at park’s camp office. y reported that she was extremely weak when she was brought to Dudhwa. She was kept under supervision of doctors who prescribed her formula milk, which is also used for human babies. zoo officials consulted  Dr KK Sharma, who is a pachyderm expert from WWF-India along with Dr Aditi Sharma, a veterinarian from Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

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herd of wild elephants return to Nepal 

forest officials also informed that a herd of 30 wild elephants which had created terror among villrs around Mailani and Kishanpur ranges of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) has returned back to Nepal. y furr added that Deputy Director, DTR buffer, Anil Patel have been continuously monitoring movement of elephants and coordinating with forest teams to minimize human-animal conflict and that dam caused by a herd of elephants. 

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