This is the heartwarming moment five elephants were rescued after getting trapped in a disused gold mine full of water. <br /><br />The family - four adults and one baby - were seen huddled together in the corned of the pit in Pekan, Malaysia, yesterday (August 20) morning. <br /><br />Wildlife officials arrived and tried to coax the elephants to safety. When that failed they used a digger to smash one of the sides of the former mine so that a small slope could be made for the herd to walk up.<br /><br />Officials spent six hours working to save the elephants. They then nervously walked over before ambling up the incline and disappearing back into the jungle.<br /><br />The Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) said they received the emergency call in the morning and rushed to the area.<br /><br />Director Rozaidan Md Yasin said: ''Four officers who were checking the scene found that the elephants could not come out because of the muddy area.<br /><br />"We had to ask for help from a nearby mining company to use their excavator to dig and make way for the elephant.''<br /><br />''The rescue operation took six hours in total. It was completed at 6 pm and the elephants were healthy. They returned to the jungle.''
