Acknowledgements
We thank Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune and
the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/Chief Wildlife Warden of West
Bengal for granting permission (Memo no: 3067/WL/4R-26/2022) to conduct
this study. We are grateful to the tea garden managements and the night
guards of Devpara, Chunabhati, Bharnobari, and Majherdabri for the
timely intimation and cooperation regarding the calf death incidents. We
are equally obliged to the divisional forest officers of Jalpaiguri
division and Gorumara wildlife division, forest range officers of
Binnaguri, Hamiltonganj, and Majherdabri ranges, and the support staff
who have contributed efficiently to the production of this behavioural
study. We thank the veterinary officers of Gorumara wildlife division
and Buxa tiger reserve for their detailed investigation concerning the
calf deaths. We also thank Suraj Kumar Dash of Wildlife Institute of
India for his support in preparing the map.