From the archives: This story was last updated in September 2019.
A Zimbabwean elephant nicknamed “Pretty Boy” became an unusually willing patient when he approached a conservation group after being shot in the head by suspected poachers.The elephant was found by a team of veterinarians in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, in 2016. The vets who treated him suspected that the bull had been walking around with a bullet in his head for anything between three to six weeks.
