Rangers and pilots pull a bull elephant from a Kenyan sinkhole
A bull elephant stuck shoulder-deep in a sinkhole at Chakama, Kenya, is free after a rescue, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust said. Trust pilot Roan Carr-Hartley flew to the scene and joined the Kulalu Anti-Poaching Team and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers. The hole was too steep to climb out of, and the bull kept moving inside it, which made placing the recovery straps hard. The team looped the straps behind him, hitched them to a vehicle and pulled him out inch by inch, without sedation. He was guided to safety.
Trapped elephants in Kenya get a coordinated ground and air rescue; the trust's teams saved 17 from mud last year.
Source: How We Pulled a Bull Elephant from a Treacherous Sinkhole (sheldrickwildlifetrust.org).
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