Elephant calf rescued from drain in heart-stopping video
Port workers teamed up with wildlife officials to rescue an elephant calf that become precariously trapped in a drain in Sri Lanka’s southern port city of Hambantota.
As you can see in the video above, there was not a second to waste and rescuers used ropes, mallets and even a welding tool to make the drain wide enough.
Once the elephant was freed the workers used water to calm the obviously distressed animal, before loading it onto a vehicle and taking it to safety.
The animal was taken away for urgent treatment, and it’s expected that it suffered a broken leg during what must’ve been a harrowing experience.
At these stage it’s still unknown how the elephant calf found its way into the drain.
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Video credit: YouTube / BBC
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