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5 elephants rescued from abandoned Pahang gold mine (video)

5 elephants rescued from abandoned Pahang gold mine (video)

Yesterday morning (August 20), the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (PERHILITAN) received a distress call from an abandoned gold mine in Rompin when a herd of elephants got stuck there.

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Four PERHILITAN officials were sent to the location to find 4 adult elephants and 1 baby elephant caught in a mud ravine.

(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)
(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)

With the help of an excavator from another gold mine nearby, a passage was made for the elephants to climb out of the ravine.

(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)
(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)

The whole rescue mission took about 6 hours.

It finally ended around 6pm when the elephants were freed from the sticky situation and went back into the forest.

(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)
(Pic Credit: PERHILITAN)

We aren’t sure how the elephants got caught inside the ravine, but thankfully someone spotted these elephants in danger and called the authorities for help.

You can watch a recording of the suspenseful and then absolutely heartwarming incident in the video below:


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