The Teesta River shows no mercy.
A herd of elephants was trying to cross it near Gajoldoba, in West Bengal, when the current separated a newborn calf from its mother. It was barely three or four days old, and no instinct had yet prepared it to swim against such force. The water swept it away kilometer after kilometer while the herd was left behind.
Near Malbazar, in the Jalpaiguri district, some fishermen saw something small struggling not to sink. They did not think twice: they climbed into their boat and rowed for nearly three kilometers in pursuit of the exhausted calf, until they managed to pull it out of the water alive.
They immediately handed it over to the forest department. The rangers did the rest: they located the mother and reunited the two. She accepted it at once and nursed it, as though it had never been separated from her side. The rescue video was shared by official Supriya Sahu, and today it is making its way around the world as a reminder that sometimes all it takes is refusing to look the other way.