National park officials rushed to rescue a newborn elephant abandoned by its mother in Lam Khlong Ngu National Park, Kanchanaburi, after it was found exhausted and with an injured leg.

Park rangers tried unsuccessfully for two days to free an elephant calf from a mud pond in Thap Lan National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima, but the calf was gone by the third morning in what is believed to be a rescue by its mother.