All language subtitles for Daktari s01e01 The Elephant Thieves

Would you believe it?

Rosie is more aggressive than Wilbur.

Not only that, Franklin's more repulsive
than Rosie.

Wait a minute, you're going too fast for
me.

Rosie's increased aggressiveness and
Franklin's overly acquisitive.

Hey, you two better hurry before it's
all gone.

Well, well, well.

It isn't our old friend District Officer
Henley.

Good morning, everybody.

Morning, Henley.

And the top of the morning to you,
Clarence, old boy.

How are his eye exercises coming along?

Oh. Twice as good as usual.

My superiors tell me that from time to
time you do serious work around here,

such as migration problems,
immunization, breeding, survival

developments, etc.

But this, you're not going to tell me
that you make a serious study of cubs.

paddling about in porridge.

Well, that's exactly what we're doing.
We have our hands full with these

motherless cubs.

Boy, how I hate people killing maimed
animals.

Well, young lady, you'll be glad to know
that I've doubled my force of Ascari's.

We'll rid this reserve of poachers once
and for all.

That's good news, Hedley.

Those aren't tiger cubs.

Look, I know for a fact we simply don't
have tigers in Africa.

You know, you're absolutely right.

We imported them from India.

They're part of our study of animal
compatibility.

Lively.

Come on, Tara.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Whoa.

Oh, is she lively.

Come on. Whoa.

Well, for one thing, she's feeling
better.

Yeah?

Limp's all gone, huh?

He'll watch her for a couple of days and
release her.

Settle down.

You sign all your work that way, old
boy?

We mark all the animals we treat, Judy.

Get away from there.

You've had your lunch.

Don't start sponging or you'll regret
it.

Okay, Jack, you want to take a run back?
Right. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Well, I guess you better get going.

Say, Hedley, Jack and Mike planted some
grasses out by the Kamola waterhole.

Run away over to see if it stopped the
hippos from migrating.

Would you care to come along?

Can't, old boy.

I'm going to make several thousand
square miles safe for the animals. I

certainly don't want you burdened with
any more, baby.

Fair enough.

But don't forget, refreshments are
always on the house. Fine. Thank you.

Goodbye, old.

Take care.

Come on. Let's get going.

Well, there's the money, my boy.

That's what I've been waiting for.

I'll be very quiet.

I'll get the mother. When the herd takes
off, you start after the baby.

Are you sure this is all right, Uncle
Frank? I mean, this isn't a game

Look, I told you this was open country,
didn't I? It's overrun with elephants.

They're ruining everything.

You take after the baby. I'll keep you
covered.

You head her off. I'll cut behind her.

Well, that was 4 ,000 bucks you let get
away.

I tripped. There was a log in the
ground.

Let's get the truck.

I'm an animal dealer.

My father was an animal dealer, and my
father's father was an animal dealer.

They're trying to make one out of you.
Are you sure? This isn't a game reserve.

Of course I'm sure.

I know this country like the back of my
hand.

Get in.

Well, it looks as if our colony of
hippos has given birth to at least four

little ones.

I guess the grasses we planted did the
trick. They're not going to migrate.

Leave it to Jack. He's such a whiz at
botany, isn't he?

Well, if he is such a whiz at botany,
why don't you ask him to help you with

your correspondence course? You know you
could do with a few A's.

Ask him? I'm waiting for him to ask me.

Judy, really, not again.

Why aren't you watching her?

What's up?

Don't you know better than to do a thing
like that?

Well, I can't watch her every minute of
the day.

Hey, Jack, look.

Dad, come quickly.

She can't be more than a year old, just
a baby.

Strange. Well, that Toto is lost, Paula,
and half scared to death.

She sure is.

She's been traveling alone and fast for
at least a couple of hours.

Isn't there an elephant herd up near
Nangoro?

Yes.

We'd better take her back with us. It's
a little dangerous for her to be out

here alone.

The poor baby.

Come on, let's see if we can catch her.
Jack, you want to grab a rope?

Jack, you want to put the elephant up on
the truck?

Do what?

Stick the elephant on the truck.

All right.

War Maroo Steady Center. So that's it.

Well, that's what?

Well, they're doing our work for us.

We can't just stay here and let that go
by.

We're going to get our elephant after
all.

Come on.

All right.

Steady. Steady.

Steady. There we go.

Steady, steady.

Hold her steady.

Okay,

Marsha, I got what I need.

Jack, what exactly are those slides for?

Well, they're soil and pollen samples
from her feet.

I hope they'll help me find out where
she comes from.

Oh.

Jack did offer to help you with your
botany.

I changed my mind.

Dad, do you have any idea what might
have happened to Toto's family?

No, I don't.

It's very unusual.

Mother must be dead.

The rest of the herd would have taken
care of her, though.

It's going to be a little difficult to
trace because the rain washed out all

tracks.

Judy, hand me the bottle.

Well, what do you know?

Miss Judy Nightingale.

There she goes.

What do you know?

We're just sightseers and picture
takers. But why do we have to lie about

Just do as I tell you.

Come on.

Murder!

Oh, it's all right. He won't hurt you.
Come on inside.

Frank Tabor. This is my nephew, Mark.

How do you do? I'm Dr. Tracy.

Oh, this is my daughter, Paula, and my
assistants, Mr.

McCooloo and Mr. Dane.

How do you do? Hi, Mark. Hi.

We've been taking pictures in the bush
country.

Mark is visiting me from Philadelphia.

We've heard so much about your place and
the good work you're doing, why, we

wondered if we could have a look around.

Certainly. Help yourself.

Isn't that cute, Mark, that little baby
elephant?

Oh, Toto?

We found her running loose in the brush
this morning. Dr. Harry's been patching

her up and restoring her face.

Doctari? That's the Swahili word for
doctor, isn't it? Well, you know that.

Oh, I've always loved Africa.

I've been reading about it since I was a
kid.

Since he was a kid. Judy,

this man is a friend.

Oh, I sure am, Judy.

Oh, she's just a little temperamental,
like the rest of her sex.

I still can't believe that you can keep
a lion right next to a baby elephant.

Clarence, he's a little cross -eyed, but
we're giving him eye exercises.

Gee.

Uh, would you mind if I fed the baby
elephant while Mark takes a picture?

I know, not at all.

We'll do our good to you, Mr. People.

Well, this is certainly an impressive
setup you've got here.

Well, thank you.

Well, if you finish looking around, come
on in the dispensary. You'll be in

there. All right.

Shall we go?

I guess.

Can't take my eyes off of this baby
elephant.

Since when are you so friendly with
animals, Uncle Frank?

They got her illegally. She really
belongs to us.

I thought you were going to buy her.

I would if I could, boy.

I would if I could.

Now, come on.

Let's not keep them waiting.

You mean you can let all these animals
run loose in the same room? Yes, we can

and do.

You see, we make studies in biology,
botany, zoology, ecology, and even

anthropology.

We found out through affection training
that very few animals are born natural

enemies. Would you like to see some of
the field studies we're making later on?

They're outside beyond the pens.

I'd like to very much. If Jack doesn't
mind, that is.

If Jack doesn't mind, that is. If Jack
doesn't mind, Jack's busy.

He's working on pollen dust from the
elephant to see if he can determine

it came from.

Rather odd to find an elephant that
young on the loose.

Is it really?

That's an interesting gun, right? What
kind of a rifle is that?

Oh, yeah, great.

This is a hypotermic rifle.

It fires a hypotermic projector, which
appears as an animal's skin, puts him to

sleep instantly.

This way we can administer medication
without having to trap them or lasso

The small ones are for small animals?

Yes.

Well, this is the large one, number one,
which is for, say, elephants.

Number two for hippos and rhinos.

Three, four for wildebeest, zebra, et
cetera.

I guess a man would need about six,
right?

Oh, I'd say about seven.

If you were to use it, although I don't
know why anyone would.

And this?

Well, that's the antidote.

Marsh, I think I can tell you what we
want to know.

That little elephant traveled about 20
miles, originally from those low hills

just east of Mangoro, south of the
river.

Well, I'm impressed.

We'll take a run out there tomorrow and
see if we can locate one of those

parents. Mark, maybe you'd like to stay
over and ride out with us tomorrow.

No, I'm afraid we can't do that. We've
stayed too long already.

I'm expected in Munduli tomorrow. Thank
you very much for your hospitality.

Bye. You're more than welcome. So long,
everybody. Bye.

Come along, Mark.

of his sure leads him around by the
nose, doesn't he?

Some relatives are really domineering.
And some aren't domineering enough.

I know my botany. Right.

Now, come on.

Let's see if we can figure a way to get
that Toto in the truck.

Okay, Paula, stop moving with the
bottle.

Come on, baby, come on.

Hold him.

This will be a cinch.

Gently, everyone.

That's it.

You're all smarter than he is. Remember,
he's just a baby.

Well, what do you know? They're making
it real easy for us.

What are they doing that for?

Oh, they're pretty smart.

Getting her used to the truck so they
can take her back to her herd.

And all the time I thought we were going
to have to walk her out.

Yes, my boy, our luck has sure changed.

Yep, but which way?

Just give me a little push. Yeah, that's
right.

Jack, a little harder.

Attaboy, Mike. Come on.

Paula, a little more milk.

You go. She'll go. She'll go. Come on.

Attaboy, girl. A little more pushing.

I knew you could do it.

See?

I told you it'd be easy.

Yeah.

Hey, get the tailgate up there. Okay.

Let's get the cameras down. Nice and
tight.

You just be quiet.

Everything's going to be all right.

Everything's going to be all right.

But Uncle Frank, Clarence and Judy don't
belong to us.

Oh, they do now, my boy. I told you our
luck was changing.

Unexpected, but quite a haul, my boy.
Quite a haul to your life.

I said give it to me.

When I get the word, you push.

Now push.

Let's see, 15 plus 7 times 25.

Yes, that works out. Proper dosage.

Did somebody move the truck?

No, why?

It's gone. It's missing.

It's what?

Someone's taken the truck and the
animals are in it.

Oh, I just know something happens. I
just know it.

Now, Paula, come on. Calm down. There
must be some explanation for this.

I'm afraid there is. I found this where
the truck was parked.

Well, I'll give you one guess.

Uncle Frank, nephew Mark.

These, those kidnappers, they've stolen
my animals.

Paul, let's see if you can get Hedley on
the transmitter.

Come on, we'd better hurry.

I'll wager they're going to sell him.

They'll bring a fancy price, too.

But they won't get through the border,
Dr. Harry. Well, don't be too sure.

Tabor's no fool.

If he sneaked in, they'll find the same
way out.

Dad, I just remembered. Today's Tuesday
and Hedley's on his rounds.

Drive to Pocoso. That's where he goes on
Tuesdays. Bring him back with you and

watch for a red flare somewhere around
Nangoro. I'll get the flare gun.

Hurry, Dad.

Yeah. What about provisions?

I just checked them this morning. Two
days' supply.

Good.

Here it is.

Better take this, too. No telling where
they might lead you.

Yeah, thanks.

from the border and we've had a four
-hour head start, right?

I'll check the animals.

I thought so.

You cut that out, boy.

Don't you provoke me like this again.

You're forcing me to become a criminal,
and I don't like it.

Have you ever given any thought to my
situation?

I thought we were trapping in free
country. You lied to me about that, too.

I'm contributing to your education,
aren't I?

What more do you want from me?

When your father died, I thought I could
try to help make a man out of you by

teaching you my business.

I can see it's hopeless.

You don't have to do things illegally.

If I don't bring this elephant in, I go
to jail.

I spent the advance money.

You spent it?

I'm just soft -hearted about these
animals.

In a few weeks' time, they'll be in some
nice, comfortable zoo.

Zoo? They'll be miserable in a zoo. I
said forget it.

Make sure those knots are tight and
we'll get rolling.

Be across the border before they know
what happened. Sell the animals and

disappear.

And you're going back to Philadelphia.

Now hurry it up.

Ma, come here.

Where are the keys?

I don't know. I didn't touch them. Now
look, if this is another one of your

college boy tricks... I didn't.

I said hand them over.

Uncle Frank, please believe me. I didn't
touch those keys.

Mangy little chimp.

She threw the keys away, huh?

I thought I heard something.

You tie that up.

Yeah, they were after Toto right from
the start.

They killed the mother to get the baby.

Yeah, well, she was still nursing, too.

They put on quite an act back at the
compound.

Oh, yeah, they sure did.

What gets me was Judy was the only one
who could see through it.

I should have known that animals are
better judges of people than people.

Well, they're not so dumb.

They know how to cover up their tracks.

Look, I'll head up the road.

You take the shortcut through the bush
and I'll meet you at the crossing.

If I spot anything, I'll send up a plan.

Right.

It's only a few miles from here. Keep
straight on. Take the next turn to the

left.

Here they are.

Another trick like that, Miss Martin,
you've had it.

That goes for you, too, Mark.

I'm afraid no!

Now, you have more sense than to shoot
me, Tabor.

Look, be reasonable. All I want are the
animals.

I'm not a policeman, Tabor.

You give me the animals and the truck?

Take off on foot.

And I promise I won't follow you.

All right.

You got yourself a deal.

Come on.

Dr. Tracy, I want to apologize. You're
wasting time.

Well, hi, you three.

Hey, you certainly have had yourself a
trip.

Oh, Mark, I forgot the compass.

We'd better go back and get it.

Dr. Tracy, I'd like to get our compass
and a couple of my things.

Go ahead.

Won't be long now, fellas.

So shocked. He'll recover.

Just help me get him out of sight.

Well, that's all we needed.

Well, you can't blame the chimp for
this. Shut up.

I'll get the spare from the back of the
truck. You get the jack from under the

seat and start working.

Get the tire. The animals are gone.

Gone? But how?

It's ugly again.

Well, that's the last one she'll ever
pull.

Now, let's go before they get away.

You go that way. I'll go this.

Hark!

You all right?

Zartari, are you all right?

Yeah.

Thanks

for

the antidote.

I don't know quite what to say.

Easy,

baby.

That's a good little girl.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

Stand still.

There, now.

That's a good girl. Easy, baby.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

Easy, baby.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

I hope they don't put him in jail.

I don't know why I should feel that way,
but I think he's learned his lesson.

Well, maybe so, but I don't think
Headley agrees with him.

They've been in there a long time.

I'm afraid he's really throwing the book
at old Uncle Frank.

Oh, I'm not so sure.

After all, Headley's just as interested
in saving human beings as we are in

saving animals.

I've had a long chat with Tava here.

And I've reached a decision.

Oh? I'm sentencing him to one year of
hard labor.

On the game reserve.

As an assistant game guard under Mark's
custody.

Sentenced to be in my office tomorrow
morning.

My custody?

You think you can handle it, boy?

I'll sure try.

Thanks, Eileen.

You won't be sorry.

Let's go.

That's that. One part district officer,
one part Solomon.

What does he mean?

He means, Paula, that no one can spend a
year on the game reserve without

learning to love animals.