Name: LONG’URO
Name Origin/Meaning: “‘someone who has lost a limb’ in Samburu” (3)
Gender: Male
Age When Rescued: one month old
Date of Rescue: 18 April 2020
Location of Rescue: Loisaba Conservancy
Where Now: RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya (Northern Kenya, AFRICA) (4)
Image: Long’uro from cc video by Pluto Living Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Foster/Adopt This Sweet Elephant (1) copy and paste link from sources below
https://www.reteti.org/adoptions/p/longuro
For additional photos see LONG’URO’s gallery (1)
Elephant Became Orphaned Because of: falling into a well (1)
Situation Surrounding Orphaned Elephant’s Discovery: Loisaba Rangers (3) notified the Kenya Wildlife Service (5) and the Reteti Air Team of “a bleeding, abandoned calf that had fallen into a well in Loisaba Conservancy”. (1)
The worst part was that after hearing ‘cries in the night’ (1) the elephant rescuers discovered that the baby elephant had been attacked by hyenas ‘resulting in the loss of most of his trunk’. (3)
Source: (2)
Insights into Orphan’s Elephant Herd: More than likely the baby elephant became separated from his herd when he fell into the well and became trapped.
For Complete Story see Long’uro’s Orphan Profile/Adoption Page at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary South Africa (1) copy and paste link from sources below
Image: Long’uro from cc video by Pluto Living Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Upon Arrival at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary: Baby elephant Long’uro’s injuries were unlike any the Reteti Rescue Team had ever witnessed. His chances of recovering from such devastating injuries to his little trunk were unknown at the time of his rescue. (1)
What Makes This Sweet Elephant Unique: Long’uro is quite distinguishable by his ‘short trunk and very fluffy body’. (1) He is a hairy little elephant and too cute!
To be continued: LONG’URO: Elephant of the Week at RETETI Elephant Sanctuary: Samburu, Kenya, Africa: Part 2
Image: Long’uro from cc video by Pluto Living Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Images: Part 1 & Part 2, from cc video search (2) full copyright belongs to Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (4) Featured image Long’uro in well (2) by, and FULL RIGHTS BELONG TO RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, Long’uro’s Rescue from Loisaba Conservancy on 18 April 2020 (2) & Cc flickr by and full rights belong to twacar; Mary Lengees, with Suyian, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary’s first rescued orphaned elephant (15) ; Long’uro from cc video by Pluto Living Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (16); Long’uro learns to splash with his little trunk (17)
Sources: Part 1 & Part 2,
(1) https://www.reteti.org/adoptions/p/longuro
(2) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Long%E2%80%99uro+RETETI+elephant+creative+commons
(3) https://loisaba.com/elephant-rescue/
(4) https://www.reteti.org/
(5) KWS https://www.kws.go.ke/
(6) video ‘Long’uro and Mary’ https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/longuro-and-mary/806521267661813/
(7) Reteti FB post (3/6) April 18 2022 https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/posts/36-in-less-than-24-hours-mary-lengees-had-established-a-deep-bond-with-longuro-s/941943626425255/
(8) video ‘Long’uro Update’ https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/longuro-update/205106018231614/
(9) https://elephantspokenhere.com/2024/09/06/elephants-and-trees-part-5-trees-provide-more-than-a-canopy-for-elephants-ana-trees/
(10) video ‘The lullaby Dorothy sings to Long’uro…’ 112323 https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/the-lullaby-dorothy-sings-to-longuro-at-the-end-of-the-video-is-a-heartwarming-g/1718759505265693/
(11) video ‘Long’uro’ (browses trees) 091720 https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/longuro/3562804443763620/
(12) video ‘Long’uro’ (bending branches and grabbing leaves) 110320 https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/longuro/3394137897301774/
(13) video ‘Long’uro update’ 090721 (browsing trees) https://www.facebook.com/RetetiElephantSanctuary/videos/longuro-update-/1488297374863027/
(14) https://elephantspokenhere.com/?s=elephants+and+trees&submit=Search
(15) https://www.flickr.com/photos/32760542@N07/44373121491/sizes/l/
(16) Long’uro from cc video by Pluto Living Reteti Elephant Sanctuary https://www.youtube.com/results search_query=Long%E2%80%99uro+RETETI+elephant+creative+commons
(17) Long’uro learns to splash with his little trunk! https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Long%E2%80%99uro+RETETI+elephant+creative+commons
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Image: by and FULL RIGHTS BELONG TO RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY Long’uro’s Rescue from Loisaba Conservancy on 18 April 2020