It took more than 12 hours, but an elephant in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu has been rescued after plunging into a well.
在印度南部泰米尔纳德邦，一头大象跌入一口井，经过12个多小时的抢救，终于获救。
The elephant had wandered into the village of Dharmapuri from a nearby forest when it fell into the well, which an official for the Indian Forest Service estimated to be about 50 feet deep.
这头大象是在从附近的森林溜达到达兰马布里村时掉进了一口井里的。据印度林业局的一名官员估计，这口井有50英尺深。
The well did not have a barrier and had been obscured by bushes.
井没有屏障，被灌木丛遮挡住了。
Locals from the village alerted authorities about the trapped animal early on Thursday.
当地居民在周四早些时候向当局报告了这只被困动物的情况。
They dropped banana leaves down the well for the elephant to eat, as rescuers worked throughout the night to free it, the BBC reports.
据英国广播公司报道，救援人员在营救大象的过程中，把香蕉叶扔进井里让大象吃。
Forest officials brought in a crane to retrieve the elephant.
森林官员带来了一架起重机来救这头大象。
Footage of the rescue showed the elephant strapped in by belts and suspended upside down as the crane lifted it to safety.
救援录像显示，在吊车将大象吊到安全地带时，大象被皮带绑住，倒挂在空中。
Doctors helped rescuers sedate the animal after it attacked pipes they were using to pump water out of the well, a district forest officer told Reuters.
一名地区森林官员告诉路透社，在这只动物袭击了他们用来从井中抽水的管道后，医生帮助救援人员给它注射了镇静剂。
The area where the rescue happened has had some experience saving trapped elephants.
救援发生的地区已经有了一些拯救被困大象的经验。
Two other elephants have fallen down wells in the past year, according to Reuters.
据路透社报道，在过去的一年里，还有两只大象掉进了井里。
Uncovered wells and ditches have posed a threat to the animals, noted Parveen Kaswan of the Indian Forest Service in a Twitter post on Thursday.
周四，印度森林服务部门的帕尔文·卡斯旺在推特上指出，没有遮盖的水井和沟渠对这些动物构成了威胁。
The animals, he said, need expansive land to survive as they forage for food and water.
他说，这些动物需要广阔的土地来生存，因为它们需要寻找食物和水。
Authorities monitored the elephant for roughly three hours after the rescue.
救援后，有关部门对这头大象进行了大约三个小时的监控。
"It was found to be healthy and active," said the district forest officer, according to a Reuters report.
据路透社报道，该地区森林官员表示:“发现时，这只大象健康而活跃。”
"Credits to the elephant also for her will," Kaswan said.
这也要归功于大象的意志，”卡斯旺说。
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