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Baby elephant interrupts Kenyan TV report

Kenyan journalist Alvin Kaunda was filming a piece to camera from a baby elephant orphanage in the capital Nairobi when he felt an inquisitive tap on his shoulder.

Mr Kaunda was reporting on the way baby elephants at the orphanage were being looked after during a drought for Kenya's Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).

Watch as a baby elephant came up behind him and put his trunk on his shoulder and face.

15 November 2022

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