Summary:
Apart from the rescue team, a 10-member fire and rescue service team equipped with a crane lifted the gaur from the well after tranquilising it. Trichy: In a rescue operation that lasted for more than six hours, an Indian gaur, which fell into a well near Manapparai in Trichy was successfully rescued from it in the early hours on Sunday. A fire and rescue service personnel suffered injuries during the process.Estimated to be around three years old, the 700kg herbivorous animal accidentally fell into the open well in Vellayagoundampatti village near Puthanatham. “Thankfully, the owner of the well agreed to pump out the water, otherwise we would have faced issues to get consent. Farmers may not be willing to give away the little water they have,” said the DFO..