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>> reporter: the team must work quickly. they closely monitor the bull's breathing. but the elephant fell on the wrong side. it's worse than we thought. >> we have to work on this one. we have to lift it up. again. >> reporter: after the first wound is cleaned and treated, the 6-on the giant must be rolled over. the arrow wounds are a couple weeks old. >> the poison gets into the abdominal cavity and kill it. >> reporter: he has treated some 500 elephants. >> we will inject our revival drug and the animal will be up. >> reporter: but the large animal has trouble getting up. he needs help. >> s...

Giant must be rolled over. the arrow wounds are about three weeks old. another week without help for the 40-year-old bull -- >> get in the abdominal cav ty and it will kill it. >> he is speaking from experience and treated 500,000 elephants. >> within one minute these elephants should be up. >> reporter: the large animal has trouble getting up. he needs help. >> small team but we work on big elephants. >> reporter: he's confident this one will make a complete recovery. the outlook for the rest of kenya's elephants may not be as good. dayne has devoted her life to saving the species. she believ...

>> reporter: and he is confident this one will make a complete recovery. the outlook for the rest of kenya's elephants may not be as good. this woman believes that asia's appetite for ivory is driving the killings. >> something has to be done at the other end. there is a lot of poverty and unemployment. as long as he can get money from killing an elephant he's going to do that. but if there is no demand for the tusks there is no reason for him to go after the elephants. i doubt whether my great grandchildren will be able to see wild elephants live a normal life. they are going rapidly. one eve...

So far they have successfully rescued, rehabilitated and released 200 elephants back into the bush. but releasing them into a dangerous environment makes little sense. so they are fighting constant threats like removing thousands of wire snares that trap animals. >> so this traps the animal there and it falls down and dies. >> reporter: and security comes from above. then a call from the anti-snaring unit. they spotted a wounded bull elephant. we rush to join the vet team already on the ground. this doctor says that the bull's festering wound is probably from a poisoned area. he darts it with ...