Residents of Welikanda in Sri Lanka were faced with a huge problem on Friday: how to remove a wild elephant stuck at the bottom of a deep well.
Locals first noticed the terrified animal on Friday morning and realised there was no way it was going to haul itself from the 25-feet-deep water source.
They used a digger to enlarge the well and then created a kind of exit ramp for the elephant.
Unfortunately, some rocks and other debris fell on the wild creature during the rescue effort.
However, after one and a half hours of digging, the elephant was freed and quickly ran to the safety of the jungle.
Locals first noticed the terrified animal on Friday morning and realised there was no way it was going to haul itself from the 25-feet-deep water source.
They used a digger to enlarge the well and then created a kind of exit ramp for the elephant.
Unfortunately, some rocks and other debris fell on the wild creature during the rescue effort.
However, after one and a half hours of digging, the elephant was freed and quickly ran to the safety of the jungle.
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