Footage of young wild elephants being captured in Zimbabwe
This rare footage exposes the secretive world of wild elephant capture in Zimbabwe. The captors shoot tranquiliser guns from a helicopter on the young elephants, and then dive in the chopper to drive away the rest of the herd. Over the last 20 years more than 1000 wild elephants from Africa and Asia have been captured and sold to zoos around the world; the elephants are often captured while still young.