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06th Oct 2014

VIDEO: Vets Save Elephant’s Life After It Was Shot by Poachers

This is incredible.

Rebecca McKnight

Warning: some may find this footage upsetting.

                                                                                                                                       

A group of vets in Kenya managed to save the life of a elephant which had been shot with a poisoned arrow by poachers.

The incredible footage shows the emergency team working on the bull elephant, removing the arrow and cleaning the wound.

After that, and some long-acting antibiotics, the animal miraculously gets to its feet and rejoins the rest of its herd. According to the video, it made a full recovery.

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elephant