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Baby elephant rescued from open drain in south India

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A dramatic footage of an elephant calf being rescued form an open drain in southern India has emerged. The incident took place on March 24 near Anthiyur town, located in Erode district of Tamil Nadu state.

According to visuals, a few people were seen moving towards an open drain after spotting an adult elephant standing near it. As they move closed, footage showed a baby jumbo moving inside the drain. The jumbo sent out several distress signal as it trumpeted loudly. Seeing the distressed calf, one man jumped inside the drain, which scared the young pachyderm. It kept running to and fro inside the drain, but could not scale the high walls.

Finally, several men went inside the drain and trapped the pachyderm. They slowly lifted the elephant, while one man took care of its trunk. The elephant was rolled over and quickly stood on its feet.

Chaos descended there after, as the calf started running after its rescuers, who ran helter skelter.

Reports said the young elephant was reunited with its mother and no untoward incident took place.

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