Two wild elephants rescued in Kerala

Two wild elephants who fell into a pond in Wayanad were rescued by a team comprising of forest officials, police and the local residents. The tuskers ran into the wilderness following their rescue.

Wayanad: A group of forest officials on Sunday morning toiled for over 3 hours to rescue two wild elephants which had accidentally fallen into a pond in a private estate at Meppadi near here.

It was early morning when those at the estate found out that two wild elephants were trapped in the pond and were unable to come out of it. After initial attempts by the estate people, they later got in touch with the Forest officials in the locality.

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They also tried in vain and later an earthmover, which was brought of officials, knocked down the sides of the pond and made a way for the elephants to come out.

Soon after it was done, the two elephants used the space to walk free and ran into the forests, from where they came.

(IANS report)