How elephants are being protected by ex-poachers in Zimbabwe – video

In Zimbabwe, as in the rest of Africa, elephants face a major threat from poachers – in 2013 130 were killed in one night. Kevin Rushby meets Zimbabwean Mark Butcher, founder of Imvelo Safari Lodges and winner of the 2014 Guardian and Observer Travel ethical award, who employs ex-poachers to help protect wildlife from further destruction – and follows him as he rescues a baby elephant from a mud hole in Hwange national park

• On safari in Zimbabwe – with our Ethical travel award winner
• The trip was provided by Rainbow Tours, which offers an eight-day Zimbabwe trip from £2,799pp all-inclusive