7 hours of searching came down to an elephant calf and its mother's reunion in the middle of the forest. IFS officer Parveen Kaswan shared a video of the heartwarming moment after forest staff in Kurseong tracked down the herd.An elephant calf was reunited with its mother after hours of separation. (Photos: Parveen Kaswan/X) An elephant calf's wait for its mother turned into a reunion straight out of a wildlife film.

After the two were separated during a rescue in West Bengal’s Kurseong, forest staff spent seven hours tracking the mother, who eventually returned with her herd to collect her calf.In a post shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan, the story has been explained in detail along with a video.So, both elephants had fallen into a water tank and were rescued by forest staff. However, the calf got separated from its mother during the operation, prompting the Kurseong forest division team to track her down and reunite the pair.As the forest staff released the little elephant carefully in the wild, the calf was seen walking towards the forest when an elephant emerged from the dense trees.

The animal briefly retreated into the jungle before returning with the rest of the herd. The mother elephant then approached the calf and took it along, resulting in a heartwarming sight after hours of separation.Sharing the video, Kaswan praised the forest staff for their efforts. “What a beautiful video,” he wrote, recounting how the team tracked the mother and brought the two back together. “It took 7 hours but they reunited them,” he added, describing the rescue team's work as “Gods work”.Watch the video here:What a beautiful video.

A mother and calf fell into a water tank. Both were rescued but during rescue the calf got separated from mother.

Kurseong division staff brilliantly tracked the mother. It took 7 hours but they reunited them.

Reaction of mother in last !! Gods work. https://t.co/CfsG1Ltb0q— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) October 25, 2026The video has garnered over 50,000 views, with the mother's return and the calf's reunion with the herd making for its most heartwarming moments.- Ends