While elephants are known to be one of the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom, not even mom’s smarts could save her baby after the calf fell into an open, concrete drain.
Wild animals like elephants often walk the streets of Hambantota in Sri Lanka without any issue, but while walking with mom this past Sunday, a baby elephant managed to slip into a shallow but narrow drain that had been uncovered.
The terrified baby called out for mom’s help, but there was nothing mom could do to help free her baby. Thankfully, people from the town heard the baby’s desperate calls and went to help.
With the help of a group of men from the town, a wildlife rescue team knocked out the narrow walls, tied ropes around the baby’s front legs, and carefully pulled it from the drain.
After being rescued, the heroes thought the baby might have a broken leg, so they immediately took it to be checked out by doctors.
Watch the entire video below to see the incredible way this group of heroes rescued a baby elephant when mom had no way of helping.
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