Indian forest officials rescued a two-month-old elephant calf that had slipped into a trench with the help of local villagers.<br /><br />The incident took place near Hosur in South India on March 26.<br /><br />The elephant herd was on the move in search of fodder when the calf slipped into a 5-feet deep trench that had been dug up for a pipeline.<br /><br />The adult elephants tried in vain to rescue the shrieking calf stuck in the narrow trench. <br /><br />Local residents alerted the Forest Department on hearing the cries of the elephants.<br /><br />A rescue team widened the trench and then hauled the calf up with the help of ropes.<br /><br />The calf was agitated and its eyes were covered with a piece of cloth in a bid to pacify it.<br /><br />The calf, which had not suffered any injury, charged at the rescue team in anger after emerging out of the trench. <br /><br />But the team managed to restrain and move it to a rescue centre. They said they will try to reunite it with the herd, which had moved away.
