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Three elephants rescued

Daily News and Analysis
December 6, 2008

BERHAMPUR (Orissa): Three elephants, who fell into a well at Mahurapalli village in Ganjam district, were rescued on Saturday, official sources said here.
The elephants had slipped into an open well located in a farm land last night when they came to the human habitation in search of food in Buguda forest range, B N Mohanty, Divisional Forest Officer (Ghumusar south) said.

On being informed about the incident, forest personnel rushed to the spot this morning to pull out the pachyderms from the well.

The elephants were rescued safely with the cooperation of the villages and they returned to their habitat, Mohanty said.

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