Vets save mother elephant's life by giving her CPR

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Incredible moment vets save mother elephant’s life in front of her worried calf by jumping up and down on her to give CPR after pulling the pair out of a drain in Thailand


Vets used crane to pull stranded mother elephant out of golf drain before marathon three-hour CPR operation

The 10-year-old bull hit her head on the edge of the concrete structure, violently knocking her unconscious

Vets in Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand pulled her out the hole using a cherry picker as her daughter watched

Dr Chananya: 'This experience touched our hearts and will be one of the most memorable rescues we've done'

By ADAM SOLOMONS FOR MAILONLINE



PUBLISHED: 03:48 EDT, 14 July 2022 | UPDATED: 06:08 EDT, 15 July 2022


This is the inspiring moment a mother elephant was saved when vets conducted CPR by leaping up and down on her chest as her young daughter watched on.



The 10-year-old bull and her baby calf, one, had slipped into a concrete drain amid heavy rain in Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand yesterday afternoon.



A storm had made the grass wet and muddy, causing the pair to fall into the 7ft-deep hole.


Torrential monsoon rain made it near-impossible to retrieve the pair, with vets mobilising a cherry picker to pull the huge mammals out the drain.



But after the mother hit her head and was knocked out cold, her life was suddenly at risk.

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