Town struggles for 2 hours to pull elephant out of mud
This is the moment a town manages to pull together and rescue an elephant stuck in the mud using a JCB.
The 20-year-old bull elephant managed to trap itself in mud after it was was scared by the sounds of trains on tracks nearby.
The huge mammal was spotted sinking by locals, who tied ropes around its legs and head in a bid to try and get the animal free.
The huge elephant was struggling to stay alive after it became stuck in mud. Locals from the village are pictured tying rope around the animal to try and pull it free
Rope was then attached to the JCB and after two and a half hours of trying to pull the animal free, the elephant was dislodged from the mud where it was then able to run back into a forest in Kerala, India.
Wildlife activist Rajeev N Kurup said: 'With the onset of the festival season in Kerala, the incidents of elephants running amok during temple festivals increase manifold.
'This is the third such incident in the past four months in Kerala where elephants panicked by the presence and proximity of people and started to run amok.
'There have been instances when people got trampled by the elephants and the rogue tuskers are eventually tamed or killed by them.
'In this case, the elephant ran for one and a half kilometre only to land in slush and end up struggling for his life.'
A JCB is used to help with the rescue mission although it takes some time to get the creature free