Wildlife workers pursue an injured young elephant after its foot was caught in a hunter's trap. <br /><br />The three-year-old was seen by the villagers limping through the forest in Rayong Thailand on Sunday (August 11).<br /><br />Conservationists arrived and identified a serious injury to the bottom of tahe elephant's left foot. <br /><br />They pursued the animal but then gave up in order to avoid scaring the rest of the herd of more than 20 elephants.<br /><br />They are now camping out in the dense woodland to trace the elephant and anaesthetise it so it can be treated. <br /><br />Thanachai Phangam from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said: "According to its size the young elephant might be aged around three-year-old. <br /><br />''It looks like they have been harmed from a snare by a hunter. They could have been suffering for over a month.<br /><br />"We will get everything ready as soon as possible to help the big one from further infection."
