A baby elephant who was swept away during a flash flood earlier this week in Kerala, India is safe and sound, thanks to diligent bystanders and a dedicated rescue staff. When residents noticed the calf floating helplessly downstream, they called on forestry officials for help.
Brought to shore using ropes, the one-month old is lucky to be alive.
“The baby elephant drifted about one kilometer downstream before [he] somehow managed to reach near the the banks of the river,” an official from Kalikavu Forest Range told The News Minute.
The visibly terrified and distressed baby was placed into a vehicle and transported to a forest, where elephants are known to frequent.
Thankfully, the elephant seemed uninjured and returned to his natural habitat. Forestry staff were, however, unable to fully examine the calf because he kept trying to jump out of the vehicle.
Lady Freethinker applauds the quick-thinking locals who sought help for the calf, and the officials who sprang into action to guide him to safety.
Merci pour avoir sauver cet éléphanteau. J’espère de tout coeur qu’il retrouvera sa maman et qu’il aura une belle vie!!!!!
At last something good has come out of Kerala, an area of India that is known for its atrocious treatment, abuse and torture towards most species. They are particularly known for their horrific abuse and killing of dogs and cats for their meat, so this rescue is probably a first!!!!! Lets hope they did actually return the baby elephant to its mother!!!!
Always terribly sad whe an Elephant 🐘 is endangered killed, so glad he was rescued.
Thank God the baby is safe.
SUPER HEROS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WORLD CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY ELEPHANTS – ACTUALLY ANY ANIMAL.
Thank you for saving this beautiful baby elephant, let’s get him back to full health and with mum! I haven’t watched the video because I know I’ll cry 😢
Thanks to the baby’s rescuers. But will he now starve to death? The article does not say that he was returned to his mother.
well !! Kerala . for once did something good !!!! wowwww !!! if those kerala people could learn not to kill animals it would be a big step in humanity
Bless you all for saving this baby.
Thank you who save the baby elephant
Animal Lives Matter
love from uk
Thank You Heros!! Makes me very Happy!
Thank you ALL. We need more people in the world like you 😇
Thank you to these brave heroes!
❤&Tytyty❣
I hope the calf found his mum and they were reunited.
Thanku for rescuing the baby 🐘💚.
Well done. You are all heroes.
Thank God
Was the baby elephant reunited with its mother? The story doesn’t say. Please let us know.
Thanks a lot to the compassionate people who saved this baby elephant. It is heartwarming.
This makes me happy. Thank you all to help save this baby elephant.