Baby Elephant Rescue Spurs Unprecedented Conservation Drive In Nigeria

Baby Elephant Rescue Spurs Unprecedented Conservation Drive In Nigeria

Baby elephant rescue spurs unprecedented conservation drive in Nigeria By Usman Aliyu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Hours after dawn on Nov. 30, workers on a routine patrol at Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo noticed a figure wandering alone among the trees in Extension 1 of the plantation. At first, they thought it was a stray calf from News Agency of Nigeria

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Hours after dawn on Nov. 30, 2025, workers on a routine patrol at Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State noticed a figure wandering alone among the trees in Extension 1 of the plantation. At first, they thought it was a stray calf from a local livestock herd. But as they drew closer, reality struck–a frail, dehydrated elephant calf, barely two months old, struggling to stand, its ears drooping from exhaustion. The rescued elephant calf The discove…