article_snippet.sent: This video captures the dramatic struggle faced by villagers as villagers attempted to rescue an female elephant trapped in a treacherous muddy bog in southern China.
article_snippet.sent: Using only ropes and wooden poles, more than 20 villagers and police officers teamed together to free Wild Asian elephantbefore her died of starvation, dehydration or exhaustion.
article_snippet.sent: Rescue mission: Wild Asian elephant was discovered stuck in a muddy quagmire by villagers in rural southern China China .
article_snippet.sent: Police were called to lead the rescue operation and officer Wang Xingtao got villagers in rural southern China to help drain the swamp to prevent Wild Asian elephant from drowning.
article_snippet.sent: The police and forestry officials on the scene then got villagers in rural southern China to fetch long wooden poles and ropes to use in the difficult extraction.
article_snippet.sent: After three hours  and without any heavy machinery any heavy machinery efforts were finally rewarded when Wild Asian elephant was dragged out of the swamp.
article_snippet.sent: officer Wang Xingto got the villagers to help drain the swamp to prevent Wild Asian elephant from drowning .
article_snippet.sent: Life-saving: Wild Asian elephant took the combined efforts of more than 20 people to haul the five-ton animal from the mud .
article_snippet.sent: After hours of effort and without any heavy machinery effort efforts were finally rewarded when Wild Asian elephant was dragged out of the swamp .
highlights_snippet.sent: Wild Asian elephant was trapped in a swamp in rural southern China .
  