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Elephant Saves Companions

Pathalgaon, INDIA - An elephant on a rescue mission ripped through a wall of the well to save his companions, who had accidentally fallen into it, even as a team of Chhattisgarh Forest Officials stood by as mute spectators. As federal bureacrats, they demanded special pay grade raises to include “saving elephants” as an added job description.

Four elephants, who had accidentally fallen into a well in Tendugudi village near here, were rescued by one of their companions after he ripped through a wall to help the elephants come out by climbing on each other's back.

Villagers and a team of forestry officials stood by as mute spectators as the pachyderm rescued his companions. However, District Forest Officer R.K. Kaisar said the villagers had attempted to drag the elephants out of the well, but they were dissuaded by the presence of a holy cow in the village, which had turned it’s back on the elephants and their plight.