Pictures have emerged of safari guides risking their own lives to mount a desperate battle to save a young elephant who was stuck up to his neck in mud for up to four days.
The small bull used his trunk as a snorkel as rescuers worked around the clock using a tractor, ropes and their bare hands to try and pull him out.
But after finally dragging him to dry land, days under the fierce African sun without water or food proved too much and the elephant had to be put down.
