Adorable Baby Elephant Passes As Mum Refuses To Feed It

This adorable eight-month-old baby elephant named Ben that delighted zoo visitors with his water antics has died after its mum rejected it and refused to feed it her milk.

Elephant calf Ben Long had to be put to sleep by vets at Leipzig Zoo in the city of Leipzig in the eastern German state of Saxony after he failed to recover from an illness.

The calf was being treated by specialists from the Leipzig University for over a week before a decision was made that no more could be done for him.