Two baby elephants were rescued in Sri Lanka after being trapped in a bit for hours. 🐘🐘 #wildlife #animalprotection #lifesaving | China Daily

YOU CAN DO IT: Two baby elephants that had fallen into a pit on private land in Galkiriyagama, Sri Lanka, were rescued after struggling in the hole for nearly three hours, with wildlife officials ultimately using an excavator to cut an escape path for the calves before they returned to the jungle and rejoined their mothers. https://abcn.ws/2FLyzTu | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

Two elephant calves that had fallen into a pit in Galkiriyagama, Sri Lanka were rescued on Monday, May 6 after struggling in the hole for nearly three hours. Wildlife officials had to use an excavator to cut an escape path for the baby elephants. One calf climbed out of the pit immediately and joined its mother but the other had to be helped out by the excavator, and once out of the pit, it refused to leave the area. After the rescue effort, villagers and wildlife officers said they used loud cr