Watch: Elephant calf rescued after falling in a ditch

Soon, animal rescue teams gathered in the dead of the night and tried to pull the young elephant out of the ditch. After the hard work of four hours, the elephant calf was pulled out of the ditch at 5 am and then guided back to its herd.

Kaswan shared a short video of the rescue operation. In the video, it appears that the rescue workers first enlarged the ditch that allowed them to come near the elephant calf and tie it with ropes. They then successfully pulled the calf up.

At 1 AM teams got info of an elephant calf falling in a ditch. A long rescue operation in dead of night. By 5 AM he was rescued successfully. And then guided back to family which was in nearby forest. Team ✌️✌️ pic.twitter.com/pLC3FFKaxj

— Parveen Kaswan (@ParveenKaswan) June 7, 2022

Kaswan’s video has gathered more than 35,000 views and over 2,600 likes.

👍👍

— Ramesh Pandey (@rameshpandeyifs) June 7, 2022

what a satisfying job sir.. god bless you and the team .. and the elephant family .. sure they in their way would have blessed you guys🙏🙏🙏

— George Parmar (@GeorgeParmar) June 8, 2022

Good work .we appreciate the entire team who participated in the rescue operation.

— LEOVSN (@LEOVSN) June 8, 2022

Seriously, baby will be telling this story for years.
It’s unforgettable. 🐘

— ⛲ Susan ⛲ (@onascaleof1210) June 8, 2022

Elephant calves are very naughty and playful with humans but remember , not their parents. Stay safe

— محمد طارق🇮🇳 (@emperor_mohd) June 7, 2022

Convey our thank you to the team for their hard work and the rescue.

— Swericort (@swericort) June 7, 2022

This kind of work really needs passion.

— amar nath dev (@amarnathdev1) June 7, 2022

Many many thanks to you and your team for doing this rescue operation and the best thing is that the baby calf returned to the family. 🙏😍

— tusar pradhan (@tusarpradhan) June 7, 2022

Appreciating the rescue team’s hard work, a Twitter user wrote, “The IFS team worked like a Mowgli in “The Jungle Book”. This reminds me of the exact scene when Mowgli wins the confidence of the jungle by helping the Calf getting out of the Ditch at night . ”

Another person wrote, “What a satisfying job sir.. god bless you and the team .. and the elephant family .. sure they in their way would have blessed you guys”.

Elephant calves in the wild often fall into ditches and swamps. Some lucky animals get the aid of the forest department or other authorities in time and are rescued.