- More than 200 strangers released an elephant from chains in Kerala, India
- The group spent more than 17 hours trying to help the 45-year-old elephant
- The elephant was attempting to flee captivity after running out of a truck
A marathon rescue effort saw a group of more than 200 kind-hearted strangers release a chained elephant from swamp in the Kerala, India.
The group spent more than 17 hours trying to help the 45-year-old elephant out of chains after it got trapped while trying to escape captivity.
The elephant called Mullackal Balakrishnan, had broken through barricades and jumped from a truck, where it was being transported from a Temple in the south Indian state.
More than 200 strangers released an elephant from chains in Kerala, India
The majestic animal managed to flee for more than six kilometres before getting trapped in a waterlogged area and got stranded in a marsh.
A team of veterinary doctors injected the animal with glucose throughout the day to save its life – the team emptied water from the swamps and tied ropes to Mullackal, who was loosing consciousness.
‘Its legs were chained. But the chain was not interconnected with legs,the elephant had been secured with a rope and four iron rods’ Sreekumar Gopi, assistant mahout, told The Times of India.
The elephant was being transported to Mullakkal from Thrikkakara temple where it had been taken to attend a local festival.
The group spent more than 17 hours trying to help the 45-year-old elephant