Associated Press, Jason Straziuso, Oct. 18, 2012
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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