Watch elephant get rescued from deep mud pit by villagers in China
The rescue is said to have taken 10 hours
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Your support makes all the difference.A wild Asian elephant has been rescued by villagers in China after it became trapped in a mud pit in the country’s southern province of Yunnan.
Local residents and police had to use ropes and sticks to pull the elephant to safety when it had found itself in trouble while walking on soft ground.
To stop the elephant from sinking, the villagers placed planks under the animals back and attached ropes to its trunk and limbs before trying to pull the elephant out.
After three hours, the elephant was eventually freed.
In total, the rescue took 10 hours.
The elephant was initially too weak to stand-up after being saved but according to locals, it has now made a full recovery.
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