Elephant, two calves fall into pond; rescued by forest dept

Madikeri, Mar 8: The Karnataka forest department officials with local people rescued two calves and an adult elephant which accident coffee estate pond in Chelavara village near Cheyyandane in the district on Thursday.

Forest department officials said on Friday that the residents who were saw trumpeting sounds found three elephants trapped in the pond used to water a coffee plantation owned by Pattacheravanda Vasu Subbaiah yesterday.

As the pond is deep, the jumbos, despite repeated attempts, could not come out.

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Odisha: 3 elephants trapped in Mahanadi river after floodgates opened

Three elephants got trapped in Mahanadi river, after gates of Mundali barrage were opened to release flooded water on morning of October 15.

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