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Train-hit elephant calf dies at Kaziranga rescue centre

December 21, 2025

Published - December 21, 2025 04:43 pm IST - GUWAHATI An excavator engaged in burred the carcass of elephants in Hojai district of Assam on 20 December, 2025. | Photo Credit: Rituraj Konwar GUWAHATI An elephant calf hit by an express train in central Assam’s Hojai district on Saturday (December 20, 2025) succumbed to its injuries at an animal rescue centre near Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve 24 hours later. Bhaskar Choudhury, a veterinarian at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), said the calf, less than a week old, was brought to the centre with fractured legs and damaged internal organs.

Train-hit elephant calf dies at Kaziranga rescue centre

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“The calf was bleeding from the mouth.
We tried our best, but could not save it,” he said on Sunday (December 21, 2025).
The centre is about 110 km east of the railway section between Jamunamukh and Kampur, where the Sairang Rajdhani Express ploughed through a herd crossing the track, killing seven elephants.
The collision spot is 126 km east of Guwahati.
Earlier, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma instructed the Forest Department to probe the incident.

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