Elly The Stranded Cow Airlifted In Helicopter Rescue

This is the moment a cow which had just slipped down an embankment after giving birth is airlifted to safety by a helicopter.

The cow, named Elly, was looking for a quiet place to give birth in her field in Belp, a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland when she went into labour.

The cow found a place at the edge of the field under a tree. But just after giving birth Elly, who was reportedly weakened after the birth slipped down an embankment landing in the ditch below and was unable to get out.