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Friday, March 27, 2015

MOTHER ELEPHANT SPENDS ELEVEN HOURS TRYING TO SAVE HER BABY FROM A MUDDY WELL - The cub was eventually rescued by villagers who came to help

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Tugging: A mum frantically tried to get her baby out of a muddy well, after it fell in and became stuck

This is the heart-wrenching moment a mother elephant desperately tried to pull her baby from a well after, staying by their side for 11 hours.
 
The determined mum refused to leave her calf, first using her trunk and then her feet in a bid to haul her precious baby to safety.
 
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Help: Villagers from a nearby village in the Chatra district of India come to the young elephant's aid by removing soil at the top of the well
 
 
Unfortunately the frantic mother elephant made matters worse by accidentally pushing more mud into the well and almost smothering the baby, which was trapped from 9pm until 8am the following morning.
 
But thankfully the tiny elephant was eventually freed when people living near the Chatra district in India, where the incident happened, rushed to the scene after hearing the distressed cries.
 
Kind-hearted villagers deterred the mother and used the time to remove some of the soil stopping her from grabbing the calf.
 
Free: Mother and baby walk alongside after the calf is pulled to safety

A hug from mum: The pair are happy to be reunited after the little elephant's 11 hours trial
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