Forest officials have rescued a one-day-old elephant calf that was stranded inside drainage at a coffee plantation in southern India's Karnataka.<br /><br />The incident took at Srimangala in Virajpet of Kodagu district on July 22.<br /><br />According to the reports, the calf was separated from the mother in Kutta village and accidentally stumbled into the drainage dug deep in the coffee plantation. <br /><br />On spotting the calf, the locals alerted the forest department officials.<br /><br />Range Forest Officer (RFO) Veerendra Maribasannvar and Deputy Range Forest Officer Harish and other forest officials rushed to the spot to rescue the baby elephant.<br /><br />The video shows the baby elephant being rescued from a drain inside the coffee plantation premises.<br /><br />The forest officials can be seen helping the elephant calf to walk and guiding the baby to the mother.<br /><br />Luckily, the panicked mother had traced its calf and had reached the plantation.<br /><br />She had failed to rescue the calf owing to the depth of the drainage, and the calf was far away from her reach.<br /><br />According to the officials, the mother stood patiently as the forest officials got down into the pit and lifted the calf out of it.<br /><br />The rescued calf was medically administered by the veterinarians present at the spot.<br /><br />Following this, the baby elephant was guided back to its mother, who immediately dashed towards the calf.<br /><br />The reunited duo happily walked back into the forest range.
