A video of a baby elephant being rescued after it fell into a ditch is going viral on social media. It has been shared by IFS officer Parveen Kaswan and received more than 45,000 views.
The short video shows rescuers attempting to lift the young elephant out by widening the ditch with the help of an excavator. This helped the rescuers come closer to the baby elephant. A rope was then tied around the elephant calf and it was pulled out of the ditch.
According to Mr Kaswan's post, the authorities were informed about the elephant calf stuck in the ditch at around 1 AM. They soon gathered in the dead of the night and successfully pulled out the calf after the hard work of four hours. The baby elephant was later guided safely towards its herd.
"At 1 AM teams got info of an elephant calf falling in a ditch. A long rescue operation in dead of night. By 5 AM he was rescued successfully. And then guided back to family which was in nearby forest," the caption of the IFS officer's post said.
The post has received 3,000 likes and more than 250 people have retweeted it.
Users can be seen impressed with the forest department's excellent job, and they have left beautiful remarks in the comments section.
"You are the saviours of our wildlife," tweeted a user. "Super rescue operation. My respect for the entire team," said another.
Rescue videos of animals are frequently shared on internet. Recently, rescue video of a Royal Bengal tiger in the Sundarbans went viral on social media.
It showed the tiger jumping out of a boat while being carried to the Sundarbans for release into the wild.
