This is the dramatic moment villagers rescued a young elephant from a construction well after its mother stood by her baby throughout the night. The calf got trapped while a herd of more than 60 elephants passed through a stretch of the Ramgarh district in India. Throughout Wednesday night the mother relentlessly kept trumpeting and tried to pull the calf out.
As daylight broke people started gathering near the well, and the mother elephant made a peaceful retreat and joined the herd waiting behind the bushes.
Moved by her plight, a few brave and kind-hearted people decided to help.