Baby elephant and its mother pulled from mud lagoon by conservation workers

[Anchor]

This is the dramatic moment that an elephant and its baby were rescued after they got stuck in a mud lagoon.

Conservation workers, who normally have a policy of leaving nature to fend for itself as much as possible, unless the problem was created by humans.

On this occasion, however, they could not sit by and let the mother and calf die in such a horrible way.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059502/A-rescue-forget-Baby-elephant-mother-pulled-mud-lagoon-conservation-workers.html

(There are more pictures in the story...)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/09/article-0-0EBBF46D00000578-772_634x484.jpg

Makes me happy - I *love* elephants :)

[Loveisall21]

Thank you for sharing that story. I love elephants too. Such big animals who seem to have big hearts as well! Brought tears to my eyes. Hooray for the humans with big hearts as well for rescuing them.

[Billy]

I am sure mother and child appreciated the intercession, Rules are there to be borken, This made my day, thank you

[Kristo]

Thank you so much for sharing! Made my day. I would have an impossible time watching any sentient being die, human-induced or not. Hooray for these people who broke their rules!

[Olam]

After having developed a great one month relationship with Tara the elephant in India, I am so happy to hear about this.
They are great animals with lots of compassion and humour!
http://www.kiplingcamp.com/tara.html

[Snowbird]

To hell with the rules. This is a beautiful story!! Thanks Anchor.

[Gaia]

Great to see a good news story, doesn't happen very often these days. Go elephants !

Gaia

[Lost Soul]

Thank you Anchor. This is the type of intervention and interaction that we're supposed to have for our fellow creatures. Animals have compassion, but we have technical savvy and in this case used it wisely.