This was the sweet moment a rhinoceros calf separated from its mother amid floods in northeast India’s Assam, drank milk for the first time after being rescued.

The clip, filmed on July 22, shows the calf suckling the bottle held by a keeper at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation near Kaziranga National Park, at Borjuri village in Nagaon.

Reports suggest that the calf is in good health as of now.

The calf was among 117 animals that were rescued from Kaziranga National Park, which is home to the endangered Indian rhinoceros.

In a delightful moment captured on camera, a rhinoceros calf separated from its mother amid floods in northeast India’s Assam, drank milk for the first time after being rescued.

The heartening moment was filmed on July 22 in Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park, at Borjuri village in Nagaon.

According to reports, the female one-horned rhino was brought to the rescue center on July 14, after her mother could not be located in the flooded Kaziranga National Park.

Visuals show the little one gulping down an entire bottle of milk in one go.

Reports suggest that the calf is in good health as of now.

The calf was among 117 animals that were rescued from Kaziranga National Park, which is home to the endangered Indian rhinoceros.