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Playful Baby Elephant Shares Cuddle with Tourist in Heartwarming Encounter

  In a charming moment captured at a Thai elephant sanctuary, a young elephant enthusiastically approached a visitor for a cuddle, offering a playful interaction that delighted everyone watching The video shows a woman seated on the muddy ground when, unexpectedly, a baby elephant bounds over, eager to make her acquaintance. The audience can’t help but laugh as the calf cozily settles on her lap. A bystander comments that the woman seems to be enjoying the unusual encounter. However, the calf’s boundless energy keeps it moving around, occasionally shifting in ways that look a little uncomfortable for the woman. She smiles and strokes the baby elephant as it readjusts onto her thighs, embracing the affectionate moment. But when the calf rolls backward onto her shins, she lets out a soft “ow,” prompting a nearby person to step in and lend a hand. Unperturbed, the little elephant soon rolls f...
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Elephants Rescued from Water Tank in Southwest China

 In China’s Yunnan province, rescuers employed helicopters and a digger to save three wild Asian elephants, including a calf, from a water tank  where they had been trapped for more than two days, according to state media.

Photos revealed the elephants submerged in muddy water within a narrow concrete basin, with only their trunks visible as they struggled to breathe.

Forestry officials from Yunnan reported to the Xinhua news agency that the young elephant likely fell in first, prompting two adult elephants to follow in a failed rescue attempt.

Efforts to save the trapped animals intensified as a nearby herd, numbering over a dozen, became increasingly agitated, repeatedly trying to pull out their stranded companions. Conditions worsened for the calf, with heavy rain on Monday hampering the rescue.

“We were concerned that the baby elephant might choke or succumb to exhaustion,” said Xiong Chaoyong, deputy manager of Yunnan’s Asian elephant breeding and rescue center, through Xinhua.

To create a safe distance between the rescue operation and the herd, rescuers used firecrackers and helicopters. This allowed a digger to break through one tank wall, forming an escape route for the elephants.

The operation, lasting about 30 minutes, resulted in a minor eye injury to one of the adult elephants, according to the Beijing News. Afterward, all three elephants made their way safely out of the area on Tuesday afternoon.

Asian elephants are highly protected in China, though their population has dwindled to roughly 300 in the wild, primarily due to poaching.

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