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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:25 AM Oct 2012

How to rescue a baby elephant? Rope, Land Rover

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10489184

Associated Press= NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — How do you pull a baby elephant out of a deep hole? A rope and a Land Rover. Then the payoff: A frantic baby elephant sprints to mom.

A heartwarming video of the rescue in Kenya gained masses of viewers Thursday. It shows a potentially dangerous faceoff with the mother elephant and the struggle to get her 8-month calf out of a 5-foot hole.

Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants faced down the mother with her Land Rover. After 30 minutes, her team pulled the baby out, and it then ran toward its mother.

Elephants across Africa are fighting for survival. Expanding human settlements is increasing the human-animal conflicts. Worse, elephants are being slaughtered by the thousands for their ivory tusks.

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How to rescue a baby elephant? Rope, Land Rover (Original Post) xchrom Oct 2012 OP

Awesome! Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #1

Thank you so much! n/t OneGrassRoot Oct 2012 #2

Why not just take a shovel and dig away at the low side of the hole? Ganja Ninja Oct 2012 #3

That what I wonder Aerows Oct 2012 #9

that little guy can move tk2kewl Oct 2012 #4

This must have been horrific Helen Reddy Oct 2012 #5

Thanks for posting... ljm2002 Oct 2012 #6

That was really sweet. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #7

So great! Thanks for posting tomm2thumbs Oct 2012 #8

aWWW treestar Oct 2012 #10

Kinda looks like something elephants might have dug. xchrom Oct 2012 #11

Stargazer09

(2,132 posts)

1. Awesome!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:32 AM

Oct 2012

I loved the way mama and baby ran to each other.

OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)

2. Thank you so much! n/t

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:40 AM

Oct 2012

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)

3. Why not just take a shovel and dig away at the low side of the hole?

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:43 AM

Oct 2012

Throw the dirt in the hole and eventually the baby could climb up.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

9. That what I wonder

Reply to Ganja Ninja (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:07 PM

Oct 2012

and then one of them get in the hole and push

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

4. that little guy can move

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:47 AM

Oct 2012

Helen Reddy

(998 posts)

5. This must have been horrific

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:52 AM

Oct 2012

for the baby and mom. Pleased everyone is safe. Now....if we can get it so ivory is not such a high commodity so the elephants won't be slaughtered for it.