A wild elephant is hoisted to it's feet by a backhoe as rescue team members try to support the animal during a rescue operation at the jungle in Khun Song sub-district in Channtaburi province, eastern Thailand Thursday, July 13, 2006. The elephant failed to stay on its feet, stumbled and went back down on the ground after the ropes were released from the backhoe. Rescue operations to save a 50-year-old five-ton elephant that slipped into a ditch and could not get on its feet last Friday, concluded for the second day on Thursday and will resume Friday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A veterinarian gives a wild elephant trapped in mud an intravenous drip, in Khao Song sub-district in Chantaburi province July 13, 2006. Veterinarians went to the area to rescue a 50-year-old elephant which was stuck in a ditch for six days. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

A team of mahouts, or elephant drivers, and locals attempt to hoist a wild elephant trapped in mud in Khao Song sub-district in Chantaburi province July 13, 2006. Veterinarians went to the area to rescue a 50-year-old elephant which was stuck in a ditch for six days. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)