Orphaned Elephant Calf Rescued in Nigerian Park Receives Round-the-Clock Care

At a ranger outpost inside Okomu National Park in southern Edo State, Nigeria, a wildlife caretaker prepares milk formula for a month-old orphaned forest elephant. The calf, named Agbaibor, was rescued after wandering out of the rainforest alone.

"The baby elephant has to take two litres of this per meal," said Joshua Aribasoye, one of those responsible for feeding and monitoring the calf around the clock in a makeshift pen.

Forest elephants, smaller and more elusive than savannah elephants, are endangered. Their population has collapsed in recent decades largely because of habitat loss and poaching.

Agbaibor was named after the ranger who helped rescue him. The elephant was found near a palm oil plantation bordering the protected forest late last year after being separated from the herd.