Forest officials on Saturday rescued an elephant calf from a well near Jamujhara village under the Kamakhyanagar Range in Dhenkanal district. The two-year-old female calf went into the forest after the rescue operation.
According to reports, the calf fell into the well while roaming with a herd of elephants at Jamujhara village on Friday. Although other elephants had tried to rescue it, they failed and left the place on Saturday morning.
locals working in their farmlands came to spot the calf after hearing its loud noise coming out from the well. They informed the Forest Department about the animal’s plight. The forest officials reached the spot and rescued the elephant calf excavating the land through a JCB.