This is the heart-warming moment an elephant calf gets back on its feet after falling into a ditch. <br /><br />The calf struggled for nearly three hours to free itself, which it ultimately did with a little help from Indian forest officials. <br /><br />The incident occurred at a village in Haridwar district on July 10. <br /><br />Villagers of Ganeshpur heard the cries of the female calf and informed the forest department. <br /><br />Local officials rushed to rescue the animal, which had fallen into a narrow ditch and was struggling with all its four limbs in air. <br /><br />The rescuers dug earth to broaden the ditch with a JCB digger to give the calf more space to manoeuvre. <br /><br />Though tired after the long struggle, the calf managed to roll over, and get back on her feet. <br /><br />She ran out of the ditch and was later reunited with her herd. <br /><br />A forest official, Komal Singh said: “The elephant herd was returning to the forest after raiding a farm when the calf fell into a ditch and got trapped. She was lucky she was spotted on time.”
