People living near in bomb had originally created, the In more recent years, the local community has been using the crater to store water.
The herd had apparently become stuck in the muddy pit, unable to scale the steep sides, when they wandered in to drink and bathe, By the time the local farmers spotted them on Sunday, it was clear they had been there for some time
“They obviously had been in there at least a couple of days … because the little baby was very exhausted and the mud was so sticky,” Jemma Bullock of told Cambodia Daily. She added that the elephants would likely have soon died from exhaustion had people not intervened.
The people who saw the elephants contacted the provincial environmental department, which brought in representatives from ELIE, the , the , and to help. Staff from those groups teamed up numerous people from the local community to dig into the side of the crater and construct a makeshift ramp for the herd.
Video footage of the rescue shows the elephants making their way up the ramp and walking free. While 10 of them escaped this way, the final elephant — a young one weakened by the ordeal, had to be lifted out using ropes. Tan Setha of WCS told LiveScience that the deaths of the entire herd ― which included three adult females and eight juveniles — would have seriously hindered conservation efforts in the sanctuary.
“These elephants represent an important part of the breeding population in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, and their loss would have been a major blow to conservation,” he said.
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