The elephant, which strayed into a village bordering a forest in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district, fell into the well that was covered with bushes and did not have a fence or wall around it, Rajkumar, the district forest officer told Reuters. "We were informed by locals early on Thursday and were able to retrieve the elephant only late in the night." Forest officials first started by clearing the bushes around the well and then tried to pump water out of the well. But the elephant attacked the pipes pumping out the water, according to Rajkumar. "It was found to be healthy and active when we monitored it for three hours after the rescue."

Source: bd News24 November 20, 2020 13:52 UTC