Officials from India's forest department today (April 5th) worked for three hours to rescue two wild elephants which had fallen into a muddy pond.

Locals from the Wyanad District of Kerala tried in vain to save the animals and so called in the experts who used a digger to flatten the slippery sides of the pond so that the elephants could walk to freedom.

The animals immediately ran unharmed to the safety of the forest, according to local media.

A group of forest officials on Sunday (5th April) morning toiled for over 3 hours to rescue two wild elephants which had accidentally fallen into a pond in a private estate at Meppadi near here.

It was early morning Athose at the estate found out that two wild elephants was trapped in the pond and was unable to come out of it.

After initial attempts by the estate people, they later got in touch with the Forest officials in the locality.

They also tried in vain and later the service of a JCB was sought which knocked down the sides of the pond and made a way for the elephants to come out.Soon after it was done, the two elephants used the space to walk free and ran into the forests, from where it came.