Moment an elephant who spent years shackled with leg chains took its first steps

This is the moment an elephant who spent more than 40 years shackled with leg chains took its first steps towards freedom.

The elephant named Priyanka was taken from the wild by cruel animal traffickers as a baby and made to perform and appear at ceremonies and weddings.

Animal charity Wildlife SOS spent a year observing and tracking the animal before they accosted the smugglers with the police and rescued the animal.