Guide Len Taylor took 6 hours despite the danger of wading in the mud to recuse the baby elephant
The elephant has been stuck in the mud for 4 days, the mud is so deep that it has to raise its trunk to breathe
Tour guide Len Taylor tries to free the baby elephant
The baby elephant was exhausted because he had to endure the hot sun in the mud, for 4 days in a row he couldn’t eat or drink
The tourists discovered the elephant and tried to bring it up
The elephant is dehydrated and exhausted
Taylor tried to thread the rope down the elephant’s belly to pull it up but the elephant ‘didn’t understand’ and tried to push him away
Two men race against time to rescue elephants before dark
The mud is too thick, making their job more difficult
Finally the elephant was pulled ashore
Both humans and elephants struggled to get out of the ‘mud of death’
‘The elephant looked ferocious after four days of being trapped in the mud and now tethered to its body again, it didn’t seem to understand we were trying to help it,’ Taylor said.
However, after getting out of the mud, the elephant still could not stand up on its own, could not eat, and died
