Footage: Police rescue three elephants trapped in hilltop pond

Forestry police in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on Tuesday rescued three wild Asian elephants that had been trapped in a hilltop pond for two days. The police rushed to the site after receiving a report from villagers on Sunday, only to find the three animals, two adults and one baby, struggling in the five-meter-deep concrete pond. Meanwhile, several other elephants gathered alongside the water. The rescuers had to postpone their operation until Monday due to heavy rain and the threat of attack from
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