A young elephant was trapped in a 30-foot ground well in Tamil Naddu, south India, necessitating a six-hour-long rescue operation to free the frightened animal. <br /><br />Footage of the event on Saturday, November 10, shows the clearly distressed juvenile bashing against the walls of the well, while onlookers work to dig a ramp for it to climb out. <br /><br />The young elephant was travelling with a herd of 50 others while passing through a forest near the village of Hosur. A group of 10 elephants separated from the herd and strayed near the village before returning into the forest, when the young one slipped into the farm well. <br /><br />The alarmed herd hung around the distressed elephant and later left the spot - it seems in a frantic bid to climb out, the young elephant had injured itself. Villagers from Hosur noticed the elephant in the well and informed Forest officials. <br /><br />Forest officials started rescue operations and retrieved the baby elephant after six hours of digging work with excavators. The rescued elephant climbed out and swiftly ran back into the forest.
