Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe March 13 (UPI) -- A dramatic rescue was caught on camera when Indian forest officials used an excavator to save a baby elephant that became stuck in a swamp. The video, recorded Monday, shows officials using the construction vehicle to dig a path for the elephant calf to get out of the muck after villagers in Madihalli, Hassan, found it stranded the previous evening. Advertisement Indian forest officials said the elephant had become exhausted trying to free itself from the swamp. The video shows the excavator digging a path before gently nudging the elephant to get it back to solid ground. The calf appears to attack the vehicle, causing its occupants to flee, but after a moment the pachyderm ran over to its herd, which was waiting nearby. Read More Elephant has been living with buffalo herd for 46 years Musical elephant shows off harmonica skills in India Elephant holds up traffic to steal sugar cane from trucks