Baby elephant rescued from 25-foot well in Andhra Pradesh (With video)

Baby elephant in well - pic for representation only (Video below)

Staff correspondent, August 23, 2015, NewsCrunch

Andhra Pradesh forest officials rescued a baby elephant from a 25-foot well on Sunday.

The calf had fallen into the dry well on Saturday night near Chikkapalli village in Ramakuppam mandal.
A herd of elephants  had raided the village looking for food, when a calf fell into the well in the dark of the night.

Though the disturbed elephants stood ground for sometime and roared furiously they left eventually leaving the baby behind.

After alerted by the villagers, the forest officials stepped in to get the baby elephant out.

They brought in a JCB machine, which partially filled up the well with soil, allowing the elephant crawl up.

Video: Rescuing baby elephant from dry well in Andhra Pradesh