Nature lovers associated with the River March group on Sunday rescued seven male buffalo calves that had been tied up inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and allegedly left to die. The rescuers alleged that there is an illegal tabela operating inside the park's boundaries, and the calves were abandoned because they are not as valuable as milk-producing females. The younglings were less than a week old, and one of them is in a serious condition."

Tejas Shah, Vikram Chogale and Gopal Jhaveri from the River March group and four volunteers immediately rescued the buffalo offspring from the forested patch behind Thakur complex and washed them. They informed SGNP officials, who seized the calves and other buffalos grazing in the forest; all the bovine rescues were taken to the tourism zone of the park.