Moment trapped baby elephant is rescued by a digger after getting stuck in the mud

Moment trapped baby elephant is rescued by a digger after getting stuck in the mud while taking a cool bath

  • Baby elephant became trapped in the mud after trying to take a bath to cool off
  • It happened in Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka, southern India, on Saturday
  • Footage shows unlucky elephant writhing around on its side trying to get free
  • Yellow JBC digger driver nudges the elephant to help it get to its feet  

Adorable footage shows the moment a trapped baby elephant is given a lift after getting stuck in the mud. 

The poor creature was trying to have a mud bath to cool off in the summer heat in southern India on Saturday. 

However, the infant got trapped in the sticky muck in the Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka. 

The footage shows the unlucky elephant writhing around on its side in a large muddy puddle, trying to get free. 

Adorable footage shows the moment a trapped baby elephant is given a lift after getting stuck in the mud in the Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka, southern India, on Saturday

But it appears to be getting exhausted in the process of drying to stand up, as a digger waits nearby to come to the rescue.  

The apex predators of the tiger reserve the creature got trapped in could have been prowling nearby. 

Fortunately, onlookers alerted forestry officials, which look after the area, to rescue the young elephant. 

The heartwarming video shows a yellow JBC digger driver helping the elephant get to its feet.  

Fortunately, onlookers alerted forestry officials, which look after the area, to rescue the young elephant and a yellow JCB digger helped the elephant get to its feet

Fortunately, onlookers alerted forestry officials, which look after the area, to rescue the young elephant and a yellow JCB digger helped the elephant get to its feet 

The driver nudged the elephant a little with the digger to push it upright from its lying position so that the elephant was able to stand itself up in the muddy puddle, after becoming unstuck from the muck

The driver nudged the elephant a little with the digger to push it upright from its lying position so that the elephant was able to stand itself up in the muddy puddle, after becoming unstuck from the muck

The driver nudged the elephant a little with the digger to push it upright from its lying position. 

From there, the elephant was able to stand itself up in the muddy puddle, after becoming unstuck from the muck. 

The digger reversed to allow the elephant to stand by itself and make its way out of the mud. 

Forest officials kept it under watch for a few hours and left it after it seemed healthy.   

The digger reversed to allow the elephant to stand by itself and make its way out of the mud while forestry officials kept it under watch for a few hours and left it after it seemed healthy

 The digger reversed to allow the elephant to stand by itself and make its way out of the mud while forestry officials kept it under watch for a few hours and left it after it seemed healthy