This adorable baby elephant pictured below landed itself in a right old mess after falling down a muddy ditch. The ditch was an old railway embankment and luckily, a train passed by and kind-hearted train passengers convinced the driver to stop so they could give the trapped elephant some food and rescue the poor calf from its predicament.
A herd of wild elephants were crossing railway tracks in Goalpara, in North-East India, when one elephant calf slipped and fell into a ditch.
Stuck in the muddy ravine, its attempts to get free were of no use. Luckily, passengers of a passing train stopped to help.
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The good Samaritans fed the baby elephant while waiting for help.
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Although the elephant was frightened by its fall, it had not injured itself.
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This forest official soon arrived at the scene to oversee the rescue with the help of the train passengers.
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Accidents involving elephants in India are not uncommon. Seven elephants died when a train rammed them at 50mph last November, prompting calls to restrict rail speeds to protect India’s wild elephant population, estimated to be about 26,000.
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This clumsy elephant was lucky though, as people managed to get it out of the ditch by offering it a stick to grab onto while others pushed it from the back, dislodging it from the mud and out of the ditch.
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Poor little thing looks quite embarrassed, let’s hope it found its way back to the herd just fine.
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