A cake weighing 140 kilos was prepared for the first birthday of Sawan on Friday. The elephant calf was born on August 2 a year ago in the Kalagarh range of Corbett national park to one of the elephants brought from Karnataka. The Corbett officials came of know of Sawan’s mother’s pregnancy after her arrival here. To celebrate his first birthday, retired mahout Subedar Ali prepared a 140 kilo cake made from his favourite items including jaggery, banana, hay and flour. It took him about six hours to prepare this cake for the one year old jumbo calf. This was the first such occasion wherein the birthday of an elephant calf was celebrated in Corbett. Along with the department employees, children from local schools were also among those present on the occasion. Corbett director Rahul said that the purpose behind holding the birthday celebration was to send the message that wild animals are also essential for the world.