The elephant was spotted earlier in the day with the tyre around its neck in the Bokial forest block in the Morongi area, which has witnessed recurrent incidents of human-elephant conflict

An elephant calf, estimated to be four to six weeks old, was rescued from a muddy trench at Seconee Tea Estate near Kaziranga in Assam. After the herd failed to return, the dehydrated calf was admitted to a wildlife rehabilitation centre for care