Elephants rescued after falling into a well in Omanthai

April 17, 2017 11:15 am

By Ayshwarya Yapa

Two elephants, after falling into a well in Kombuvaittakulam, Omanthai of Vavuniya, had been rescued.

Wildlife officials stated that the herd of elephants had come in search of water and fallen into a well built to provide water to a paddy field.

Whilst 2 full-grown elephants and 2 baby elephants had fallen into this well, only the 2 baby elephants were rescued after much effort.

Officials explained that the rescue of the adult elephants proved difficult as they were unable to bring a backhoe to the area.

The rescue operations for the adult elephants began in the morning earlier today (17).

Police officers of Omantai and officials of the Vavuniya Wildlife Office are currently conducting further investigations into the incident.

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