Watch: Baby Elephant Rescued From Water Reservoir In 4-Hour Operation
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Wildlife officials brought down one side of the reservoir wall to allow the calf to climb up
A dramatic video of wildlife officers rescuing an elephant calf from a water tank in a remote village has emerged on social media. It showed a team of wildlife officers pulling the calf out of the walled reservoir using ropes and wooden planks. The video was tweeted by Indian Forest Service Office Parveen Kaswan, who said the “kiddo” was safely rescued as the calf's mother watched the rescue operation from a safe distance. The calf was later reunited with the family and it walked into the jungle. Kiddo fell into reservoir from where water was being supplied to village. Territorial team, wildlife squad II & vet team reached on time. Was rescued & happily united with family. Mother was watching from safe. Our team. pic.twitter.com/NqSnhH94Rs Range territorial team. It took 3-4 hours. But all went fine without any harm to mother or calf.It will be repaired soon with protection this time. This is how unfolded. Watchtower staff called control room & range control by RT.Patrolling party reached first. Local range staff reached then. Mobile squad as backup. And vet team for care. All communication through RT for location & information. Four hours all went normal. Since it was place where no vehicle can go. No mobile network. Every rescue is different and brings different challenges. Good work Parveen and team for managing rescue well in a remote area. ???? https://t.co/6ubhkaeRpY Rettung in Indien - Wasserlöcher sind auch in Afrika eine Todesfalle für #Elefantenbabies. In diesem Fall ist es gut ausgegangen. Thank you @PaarveenKaswan and Team https://t.co/voLnpXWj2V The forest cadre needs priority, power and expansion as we've engulfed all the major habitat of animals,Their troubles due to human intervention and human settlements are surely ours to solve.The buffer belts are all gone, more should be trained for animal man conflict. Wonderful. What a team work with dedication? Kudos to all team members for this timely action. Mother elephant's blessings will be there with them forever. Third JCB shows what hand of god means. FD team able to rescue this gentle giant, though he tried to fight in the last. From Coorg. @sats45@JCBmachinespic.twitter.com/vVzlaa4WA7 Mr Kaswan did not disclose the location of the incident. The challenging operation continued for nearly four hours. Wildlife officials and villagers brought down one side of the reservoir wall to allow the calf to climb up. Initially, the calf tried to climb the wall from a different side and failed. Then it was directed to the opening created for it, from where it was pulled out after a little struggle. The officials even threw bricks into the reservoir to raise the ground level.More Related News