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Villagers join wildlife officers in 7-hour operation to rescue elephant
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Wildlife officers backed by villagers of Millagaswewa at Karuwalagaswewa in the Puttalam district yesterday came to the rescue of an elephant which had fallen into an agricultural well in the area. After about a seven-hour rescue operation, the elephant, believed to be about 25 years of age, was brought out of the well. A villager who had first spotted the elephant had informed the wildlife offices. The elephant is believed to have fallen two days earlier. As part of the rescue mission the bank of the well was widened to get the elephant out.
Wildlife officers said the elephant was weak and had fallen to the ground after being rescued. A Wildlife venternary surgeon was treating the elephant last evening.
Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe and Jayaratne Wickremarachchi