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Fishermen stop to save baby elephant from rising floodwaters after it was swept 3 miles from its mother

Two men in a wooden boat smile while petting a young elephant in shallow water.
On September 21, local fishermen found a baby elephant struggling to keep its head above water in West Bengal’s Teesta River.
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Fishermen stop to save baby elephant from rising floodwaters and reunite it with its mother

On September 21, local fishermen found a baby elephant struggling to keep its head above water in West Bengal’s Teesta River.
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