People getting stuck in odd places appears to be quite common in China, but animals are now doing it too, as a herd of elk have made the news for getting trapped in a canal.

Footage has emerged from Jiangsu of 32 of the large animals being rescued by local police.

The video, captured on Wednesday, shows the group walking in the canal, before using a ramp built by the officers to climb out.

According to local media reports, it took nearly a whole day for the authorities to rescue the elk, which are nationally protected animals. It was the second time a group of elk have got stuck this month.

As we often hear about people getting stuck in some weird places in China, now, some animals of the country joined them.

Footage has emerged from China of 32 elks trapped in the canal but finally being rescued by local police.

The video, captured on this Wednesday in Jiangsu, shows a group of elks walking in the canal, following the instruction, and walking ashore via a temporary bridge built by the police.

According to local media reports, it costs more than 20 hours for the local authorities to rescue those national protected animals. It was the second time of elks getting stuck in this month.