Elephant Falls Into Ditch At Tea Plantation In India, Rescued By Excavator And Locals (VIDEO)

This elephant tumbled into a hole while walking in a tea plantation in India, according to the video.

The animal struggles to get off its back to no avail, as a crowd gathers and attempts to help.

In what appears to be a last-ditch effort, some locals bring in an excavator to dig out the elephant and give it a few friendly pushes.

The good news: The elephant walks away seemingly unharmed. The bad news: The whole ordeal might have bruised its ego.

The Telegraph reported on a similar incident in 2010. Officials say "widespread deforestation has led the animals to stray to human settlements in search of food," the organization reports.

Not much is known about the elephant's whereabouts; we're just glad to see the video has a happy ending.

(Found via Unique Daily)

Comments

[Manoj Nair]

06:36 AM on 12/02/2011

Good to see some positive news for a change!!

[eli Bedford]

02:24 PM on 11/14/2011

Happy tears. Happy trails big guy! or gal!

[LivelyLexie]

07:55 AM on 11/14/2011

Poor baby! I'm glad the elephant is okay.

[Cookie55]

02:24 AM on 11/14/2011

God bless the excavator. Priceless!

[Susan Reese Gano]

12:29 AM on 11/14/2011

Thank God for the kindness of these people. Not everyone is willing to do such kind deeds for animals.
God Bless all those involved in rescue.

[Miz Fit]

04:28 AM on 11/14/2011

Yes. In some places he would have been shot...just because he was a wild animal.

[tjamman]

12:22 AM on 11/14/2011

"Stupid HUMANS!! They thought they could trap me and eat me for dinner. But I was too smart for 'em!"

[catz1515]

09:45 PM on 11/13/2011

LOVE Elephants, glad this one got rescued!

[romein2005]

07:55 PM on 11/13/2011

Yea, the only good part of that sentence would be if an elephant was EATING you. Dumb thing to say.

[fumundaches]

10:16 PM on 11/13/2011

Aren't you special! As in, Education....

[tjamman]

12:32 AM on 11/14/2011

Yes, just put the right rear leg on your left shoulder, the other leg on your right, and HAVE AT IT!!

[Annette Hammond]

07:09 PM on 11/13/2011

Glad to know they have compassion for their elephants.Could have been a worse ending someplace else.

[mantucket]

06:39 PM on 11/13/2011

Not even a thank you????

[romein2005]

07:54 PM on 11/13/2011

Oh he DID say thank you....Elephants are known to charge when confronted or cornered. He was THANKFUL to be free and left uneventfully.Humans aiding nature, as it should be. Good Job.

[KittyCatNetwork]

06:38 PM on 11/13/2011

Glad to see them help him... So thankful he's OK! ; )

[lcfrhythm]

06:23 PM on 11/13/2011

Forgetting the politics for a minute, bless the kindness of the simple man.

[Paul Bergerot]

06:23 PM on 11/13/2011

I cant believe he didn't say thank you!

[zelduh]

04:47 PM on 11/20/2011

How do you know that he did not say "thank you?"

[LXIX WITHU]

05:38 PM on 11/13/2011

Some tea party!

[Mtka]

01:55 PM on 11/14/2011

Oh, grow up.

[joethecaregiver]

02:17 PM on 11/14/2011

thats exactly what i tell my dem friends you must be a repub [kudos my friend ]