Compiled by OON JUN-YANG, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
It took 10 hours and careful manoeuvring before a baby elephant that fell into a well in India could be rescued, Malaysia Nanban reported.
A few days prior, tea plantation workers in Coimbatore reported hearing elephants trumpeting loudly near their housing area in the early hours of the morning.
Upon investigation, they found that a calf had fallen into the plantation’s deep well and three adult elephants were trying to rescue it.
Forestry officials tried to rescue the calf but were kept at a distance by the adult elephants.
The officials then decided to demolish part of the well’s wall for the elephant to climb out.
As the heavy machinery was brought in, the adult elephants began showing aggression and started chasing the rescuers.
The officials then brought in the equipment through a different route, avoiding the elephants’ aggression, and managed to bring down the wall enough for the calf to climb out.
Once out, the other elephants made “happy noises” and made their way into the forest.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
