Viral Video: Baby Elephant Saved In Dramatic Rescue From Manhole In Thailand

A video going viral on social media shows the dramatic rescue of a baby elephant from a manhole in Thailand.

A video going viral on social media shows the dramatic rescue of a baby elephant from a manhole in Thailand. The veterinarians used a number of tools, including a boom lift, to pull the calf out while its mother was sedated to allow the rescue operation to continue, CBS News said in a report.

The operation was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, after authorities got to know about that calf that had fallen into a drainage trench on the outskirts of the Royal Hills golf course in Nakhon Nayok province, the outlet further said in the report.

Its worried mother, thought to be part of an elephant herd passing through the adjacent bush, stayed with the child, which was unable to climb out of the deep pit.

A passing resident noticed the elephants and immediately informed wildlife officials and Khao Yai National Park authorities about their suffering.