Baby Elephant Falls Into Well In Sambalpur Village, Rescued

Sambalpur: An elephant calf fell into a well at a narrow bore well outside the Satapada village on Sunday.  It was later pulled out by a team of fire department and forest officials.

According to reports, a two-year-old elephant calf fell into the well last night when a herd was passing by Basiapada. The incident agitated the remaining members of the herd and they began harassing people in the neighbouring villages.

On being informed, the Forest department started a rescue operation. All the while, other members of the elephant herd guarded the calf near the well. The Forest officials broke a part of the well with the help of a JCB to rescue the elephant calf and it slowly made its way out of the well.

Following the success of the rescue operation, all the elephants of the herd left for a nearby jungle.