Elephant, calf rescued from Sapua canal in Odisha’s Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL: Forest authorities successfully rescued a 35-year-old elephant and her three-year-old calf from the Sapua canal in the Sapua irrigation project area under the Rasol forest section on Saturday. The operation, which lasted nearly two and a half hours, involved both forest and irrigation officials.

The pair, part of a 10-member herd, had wandered into the canal after dusk. The calf fell into the canal, which had 4 to 5 feet of water, and the mother elephant followed in an attempt to help. The rest of the herd retreated into the wild, leaving the mother and calf trapped.