Saving an Elephant from a Deadly Snare | BBC Earth

he needs to sedate the elephant so that the snail can be safely removed guys we are ready we go have the elephant this is good I'm happy now the vets here Fred works alongside a spotter plane to locate the injured boo [Music] he wants to dart it quickly to stop it from suffering [Music] okay so uh the French managed to buy the dark and elephants taken off through the piece we're just going to try and locate it [Music] choppers on the ground that's really shocking I mean my boss you're black [Mus

ic] on his side the Bulls breathing is labored we have to move fast to remove the snare poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck [Music] a snare like this is cheap to make it could have caught any of Weaver's found behind it with Robert to me a possible problem the reason that this animal has endured unimaginable pain is for this his tusks defies belief how cruel people can be how senseless this whole thing is because so much for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a s

pecial play they'll help heal the wound what do you think Fred you think he's you think he'll survive ah the guy's body condition is good he was walking and also getting to another bad level but it's still ok to survive you see the bone is not involved don't I believe in targets ok so when the bone is in time the soft tissue can easily really repair recovery and finally the wound is treated with an antibiotic spray all that remains is to wake him up well my word hey fella okay move it back don't

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