REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, HAMBANTOTA -- Rescuers pulled an elephant calf to safety after it got trapped in a drain in Sri Lanka's southern port city of Hambantota, a region where hundreds of wild elephants roam freely.

Port workers teamed up with wildlife officials on Sunday to break open the drain near a main road, reach inside and rescue the animal.

It was not immediately clear how the baby elephant, who was taken away for medical treatment, got stuck in the drain.

Ikuti Whatsapp Channel Republika