An injured elephant calf is now recovering in a wildlife sanctuary after being abandoned by her herd in Thailand.The one-month-old female baby jumbo named Tanwa was rescued by Srinakarin Dam National Park rangers, who found her lying in a bamboo shed in Kanchanaburi province on November 27.Tanwa, weighing just 150 kilograms, was airlifted from the jungle and is now being monitored by veterinarians at the Bueng Chawak Non-Hunting Area in Suphan Buri province following the rescue on December 3.She is being intravenously fed milk, carminative drugs, and vitamins to speed up her recovery while undergoing physical therapy. Tanwa is now able to stand up, but still needs help from staff as it tottered across the sanctuary while practicing walking.Doctors have also administered laser therapy on the elephant to treat the wounds and reduce inflammation. Vets said they are keeping a close eye on Tanwa as she is still at risk of acute renal failure due to severe dehydration.Chaiwut Areechon, senior forest official of the Srinakarin Dam National Park, said: ‘The baby elephant needed intensive care, but we found that the route by land had too many obstacles.'We wanted to take the calf to the Bueng Chawak Non-hunting Area to let it recover, so we decided on using a helicopter. The baby elephant was anesthetised and brought to the destination safely.'Vets are now caring for the jumbo, which will remain in the sanctuary indefinitely.Chaiwut added: 'Tanwa has improved a lot. She is healthy and happy. But she is also tired and likes to sleep. She will grow up into a strong adult elephant.'Releasing her into the wild right now is not possible. She needs a herd that will adopt her.'Concerned villagers who found Tanwa had built the structure for her, hoping the herd would come back and collect her.However, they had to call wildlife officers when the animal fell ill two days later. She was unable to stand up and had pale mucous membranes and multiple sores on her mouth, lips, and ears.The jumbo needed urgent medical care as it was severely dehydrated. She was given fluids and medicine intravenously before being flown out of the jungle on December 3.The animal landed at the Wat Khok Chang School before being transported in a temperature-controlled van to the Bueng Chawak Non-Hunting Area in Suphan Buri province.Thailand has an estimated 2,000 Asian elephants living in the wild where they wander freely among protected forests. However, there is often conflict when they come into contact with humans on roads and in villages so wildlife rangers are tasked with monitoring their movements.A similar number of elephants in the country are also kept in captivity to work in the tourist industry or at religious festivals and weddings. A small number still work in commercial logging.