How to Rescue a Trapped Elephant

WONG:
One elephant in India sure had a day it wont soon forget. He strayed into a village in southern India from a nearby forest and was trapped for ten hours before rescue workers freed him. Let's see how they did it.

SCRIPT:
Animal rescues don't come larger than this.

Indian villagers in the southern state of Tamil Nadu awoke to find a thirsty elephant trapped in the village's well.

At 20 feet, the depth of the well prevented the elephant from escaping on its own. Even the elephant's trunk couldn't help get the creature out of this predicament.

As villagers looked on, a team of 10 forestry officials brought in the help of a mechanical digger to free the elephant.

This villager explains what happened.

[Vijay Prabhakar, Rescue Witness]:
"An elephant fell into a 20 feet deep well. We tried to bring it out with the help of local people. After trying for 9 to 10 hours, the elephant was finally rescued."

The dramatic rescue effort was witnessed by another elephant who monitored events from the sidelines.
Although you can't see it here you can rest assured that the accident-prone elephant was happily reunited with its herd.

Incidents such as these are becoming more common as elephants enter villages in search of food and water.

Everybody knows that an elephant never forgets - it's unlikely that this elephant will ever forget this incident.

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[malfurfur]

I love elephants...

[Givarius]

Praise these people for them shall be blessed.

[Rock1Golem]

other elephant

"scott you stupid bastard I told you it was too deep, this is just like the time you fell into that river!"

freed elephant

"it's not just like that, I managed to get out of the river on my own"

hopefully other elephants will learn from his mistake.

[loli6051016]

poor thing..

[MARCHON18]

OMG..