Dramatic rescue of elephant and calf: Thai vet's bravery highlights tough task of wildlife guardians

An adult elephant being lifted away during a rescue operation to recover an infant elephant that had fallen into the hole. - The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK, Sept 17 (The Straits Times/ANN): One wet morning in July, an elephant calf strayed out of the forest in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park onto the grounds of a golf resort in Nakhon Nayok province. It fell into a manhole so deep that its mother could not help.

But the adult elephant charged at people who tried to go near her baby.