Lakhimpur Kheri, July 2 -- Tourists and wildlife lovers visiting Dudhwa National Park (DNP) will no longer be able to enjoy the mischief of young female elephant calf Bhawani.

Bhawani, an orphan female calf, brought to Dudhwa from Bijnore forest division on October 13, 2023 when she was about 21 days, on the eve of Navratri, is to be shifted to a rescue centre soon.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to Dudhwa on April 26, 2025, enjoyed the playfulness of the calf and had christened her 'Bhawani.'

The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) authorities have now requested to send her to a rescue centre for intensive care and monitoring, and UP chief wildlife warden (CWLW) Anuradha Vemuri, has given her consent to shift the two-year-and-...