Injured Elephant Rescued in Thailand

UNITED NEWS INTERNATIONAL (UNI) — A wounded elephant has been rescued after spending around a day stuck in a canal in Thailand.

Thai PBS says the 10-year-old elephant was stranded in a canal in Phitsanulok.

Experts suspect that his back legs were broken.

Officials initially used heavy machinery to create a level slope on the bank of the canal to encourage the elephant to walk out.

However, he appeared to be so tired and injured he couldn’t move on his own.

So, a large group pulled the elephant to land themselves.

Then, they tied ropes to backhoes to help support the injured elephant as they walked him to a truck.

It reportedly took more than six hours to walk him 500 meters.

Once they loaded him onto the bed of a truck, they drove 10 hours to an elephant conservation center in Lampang province for treatment.

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