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Brave Rangers risk Being Killed by BABY Elephant’s Mother as they Rescue it from Drowning!!
- Published_at:2014-09-30
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:DANGER NEWS
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- description: Brave rangers risk being killed by baby elephant’s mother as they rescue it from drowning in watering hole as its parent defends its calf A baby elephant who got stuck in a watering hole was lifted out by park rangers in a heart-rending rescue attempt. Visitors to the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa were devastated to discover a herd of elephants desperately trying to pull their baby out of the water. After attempts to break the steep bank failed, two brave park rangers jumped into the water to heave the drowning elephant calf out on to the bank. Scuba instructor Corney Coetzee, 39, captured these dramatic photographs of the desperate rescue attempt at the park near Port Elizabeth. Corney said: 'The adult elephants were using their trunks to spray vast amounts of water on the bank of the watering hole and then putting their weight on the edges in an attempt to break it down.' The baby elephant had been floundering in the water for more than 20 minutes when one of the park's rangers arrived and called for reinforcements. Corney said: 'The rangers attempted to use a digger to break the steep edge allowing the baby elephant an escape on to the shore. This unfortunately agitated the distraught adults who moved the baby away from the noise and guarded the little one. A number of the rangers got on to the back of one of the pick-up trucks and raced towards the adults, forcing them to run off into the forest around the edges of the dam.
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