Buffalo rescued after falling into 16ft-deep well in Thailand
- 5 years ago
A clumsy buffalo was rescued after wandering away from his herd and plunging into an abandoned well.
Nongnuch Budhsrakaew, 48, left her cattle grazing in a field in Uthai Thani, northeastern Thailand on Wednesday (November 6) morning.
She returned at noon and found the male, named Puth, stuck at the bottom of a 16ft-deep well which was only four feet wide.
Rescued workers arrived and tied a rope around the heavy animal before filling the well with water, so that it could float safely back to the surface.
The owner thanked the team for rescuing her farm animal and said she would fill the well with soil to prevent any more buffalo from falling in.
She said: "I usually bring my four cattle here, so they can feed on the grass in the morning then I come back for them at noon. I saw Puth wandering to the mound which there was a well.
"I did not see him when I came back but I heard his mooing sound from the mound, I realised that he accidentally fell down to the well because it was covered by weeds.
"I am so grateful for the rescuer team for helping as it could have been a tragedy if my buffalo died there in the deep abandoned well. I will filled up the well so no cattle will fall again."
Nongnuch Budhsrakaew, 48, left her cattle grazing in a field in Uthai Thani, northeastern Thailand on Wednesday (November 6) morning.
She returned at noon and found the male, named Puth, stuck at the bottom of a 16ft-deep well which was only four feet wide.
Rescued workers arrived and tied a rope around the heavy animal before filling the well with water, so that it could float safely back to the surface.
The owner thanked the team for rescuing her farm animal and said she would fill the well with soil to prevent any more buffalo from falling in.
She said: "I usually bring my four cattle here, so they can feed on the grass in the morning then I come back for them at noon. I saw Puth wandering to the mound which there was a well.
"I did not see him when I came back but I heard his mooing sound from the mound, I realised that he accidentally fell down to the well because it was covered by weeds.
"I am so grateful for the rescuer team for helping as it could have been a tragedy if my buffalo died there in the deep abandoned well. I will filled up the well so no cattle will fall again."