Much to the shock of animal lovers, a baby elephant was found dead in the Dumerchuan project area under the Kantabanji Forest Range, 90 km from here on Saturday.According to preliminary reports, a herd of around 30 elephants had come to drink water in the project site on Friday night and the elephant calf was struck in mud and could not get out and died there. The age of the dead elephant was about one year and the cause of its death was due to drowning, said the Balangir DFO to this correspondent in a message.