Rescuers save elephant stuck in hole by filling it with water until it floated to the top

This is the moment rescuers saved an elephant stuck in a hole - by filling it with water until it floated to the top.

The tusker was stuck in the deep ditch in Midnapore in West Bengal.

A team of forest rangers filled the pit with water which made the elephant float to the top, then they used ropes to pull it out.

One rescuer said: ‘’Under the leadership of DFO Shri Sandeep Berwal and ADFOs the rescue was completed successfully by 4am.’’

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