Wildlife officials rescued an elephant calf from an abandoned well in Kandhamal, Odisha, on May 27.

The 4-year-old calf was found lying in the stone well and nearby officials used an excavator to dig a path for the trapped animal.

After a 4-hour-long rescue, the calf was set free and is seen running to find its herd.

The baby elephant was rescued from an abandoned well by a JCB machine.

A four-year-old baby elephant was found lying in an abandoned stone well near Palasapalli village under Bada Baraba range in Karda forest area of ​​Kandhamal district of Odisha.

One 4 year elephant calf has been felt into an abandoned well. Yesterday a herd of elephants roaming here and was eating pineapple at that time the calf fell into the well. We are trying to rescue the elephant by a JCB machine said Biranchi Narayan Panda, Range officer of Karada, Kandhamal district, Odisha.

The 19-year-old elephant had been roaming the area for two days under the Big Barbaba Range. The elephant had fallen into a well when it came back to eat pineapple last night. It took the forest department four hours to rescue the elephants by JCB Machine