Elephant Lord of the Jungle

Great herds of Asian elephants once roamed from Baghdad to Beijing Now only remnants of these once mighty herds survive protected today by the Indian government It is here that filmmaker Naresh Bedi turns his camera capturing an intimate portrait of thee largest of land mammals An adult elephant eats 300 pounds of green fodder and drinks 40 gallons of water a day This film follows these gentle giants as they forage and feed wallow in watering holes dust their skin with dirt and care for their young