This is the touching moment a female elephant rescued a baby from another herd which was abandoned by its mother when it became stuck in an irrigation channel.<br /><br />The matriarch elephant tries and tries again to haul the stricken baby from the concrete gutter but to no avail.<br /><br />Eventually - after trying for around half an hour - she manages to push the baby onto its feet and lead it to the safety of her herd.<br /><br />The baby elephant is later reunited with its mother.<br /><br />The touching moment was captured in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.<br /><br />Although the clip was filmed in 2015, it has only recently come to light.
