In a heartening event in Yunnan Province, China, a baby elephant was successfully rescued from a pit after being trapped for 12 hours, and was happily reunited with its mother. The heartwarming rescue took place in the Simao district of Pu’er City on the evening of October 17.
The young elephant had wandered away from its group and ended up in a village where it fell into a pit in the ground.
The situation unfolded when a nearby farmer stumbled upon a stranded elephant on his land. The young elephant had fallen into a hole while its herd was foraging, with no one realizing the baby was left behind. Quickly mobilizing after receiving the call, a team of rescuers including police and forest officials hurried to the location. One member of the group recounted discovering the calf in the pit, appearing disoriented and isolated from its family.
Taking into account the depth of the pit and the importance of keeping the residents safe, authorities made the decision to protect the young elephant overnight and carry out the rescue mission the next day. After a nerve-wracking 12-hour operation, the rescue team successfully pulled the calf out of the pit. Heartwarming videos captured the moment three officers led the young elephant back to its family, reassuring it with words like, “Come on, let’s go. Let’s find your mommy and head back to the wild.” Thankfully, the incident had a happy ending, with officials confirming that the baby elephant appeared unharmed after its little adventure.
In order to keep the residents safe and deal with worries about how deep the pit was, officials decided to take care of the baby elephant for the night and rescue it the next day. A picture showed the officials with the little elephant after managing to lift it out of the pit in Pu’er on October 18. In a touching scene, the small Asian elephant was rejoined with its herd after being stuck in the pit for 12 long hours.
A photo shows the officer leading the elephant in the touching reunion, representing the triumphant completion of the rescue mission.