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Video Extra: Baby elephant rescued in India

Posted at 11:03 AM, May 11, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-11 13:03:34-04

KAMRUP, ASSAM, INDIA – An elephant calf was rescued from a lake by forest authorities on Friday after becoming separated from its mother in India’s northeastern Kamrup district.

The baby elephant became stranded in the Deepor Beel lake and was guided out of the water by forest officials and the National Disaster Response Force with the help of local men with boats.