An elephant has been rescued following a 14-hour operation after it fell down a well in India.
Video footage shows rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisting the elephant out from the bottom of a 55ft-deep well on November 20.
An elephant has been rescued following a 14-hour operation after it fell down a well in India.
Video footage shows rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisting the elephant out from the bottom of a 55ft-deep well on November 20.
Video footage shows rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisting the elephant out from the bottom of a 55ft-deep well on November 20
A farmer in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu heard the cries of the animal in the well on November 19 and alerted local authorities.
Two excavators, trucks and a crane were used in the operation, which brought the elephant out, unharmed a little after midnight.
Despite the depth of the well, the water inside was shallow and was pumped out to make it easier to access the 25-year-old male elephant, who was unharmed