How Baby Elephant is Adjusting to New Elephant Family at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Northern Kenya, AFRICA: Long’uro may have only one-third of his trunk left (after the horrific hyena attack while he was trapped in the well) (1) but that has not stopped him from learning how to use it, especially when eating … Continue reading »
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) Foster/Adopt This Sweet Elephant (1) copy and … Continue reading »
Name: SEEK Name Origin/Meaning: “…named after the indigenous ‘seeki’ tree that is ‘so strong’ the wood is used for ‘walking sticks’ for the community’s elders”. (2) Gender: Male Age When Rescued: one year old Date of Rescue: 31 December 2020, New Years Eve Location of Rescue: Nanyuki Where Now: RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY Namunyak Wildlife … Continue reading »
Name: Jabulani Meaning of Name: ‘Happiness or Rejoice in Zulu language’ (1) Born: 1997 Gender: Male (Bull Elephant) Age When Rescued: four months old (1) Elephant’s Home: HERD (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development, South Africa) Location: ‘in the Kapama Private Game Reserve in South Africa’ (5) For more information on this Sweet … Continue reading »
What Makes This Sweet Elephant Unique: Doldol’s nickname is little ‘Beetle’ and it suits her to perfection. What with her “adorable protuberant eyes and perfectly round ears (heart shaped (6)) that are constantly flapping like wings”. ) She is always “buzzing around with great purpose, always busy and investigating”. Doldol is a force to be … Continue reading »
Name: DOLDOL Name Origin/Meaning: Doldol, named for the community of Dol Dol in Laikipia, the location tiny elephant was found Date of Birth: approx. 19 November 2021, a Friday* *SWT orphaned elephants are assigned approximate birth dates as there is no way of knowing the actual day they were born. Age When Rescued: zero … Continue reading »
What Makes This Sweet Elephant Unique: This little elephant is a very rare albino. As an albino elephant her skin is especially sensitive to sunlight. To compensate, Khanyisa has been known to find the best sunshade underneath the larger elephants or at least beside them to block out the intensity of the sun! Her carer, … Continue reading »
Name: Khanyisa Name Origin/Meaning: ‘Light’ or ‘Sunshine’ in Shona language (“As she took her first steps out into the lush green gardens of the orphanage, she looked so peaceful and almost angelic, with the morning sunshine emphasising all the colours of her surroundings and her unique self. Adine decided to name her Sunshine, and … Continue reading »
Name: Iringa Date of Birth: 1969; wild born in Mozambique, Africa (1) Captured: 1971 Procured by: the Toronto Zoo in 1974 Source (13) Rescued by: PAWS Wildlife Sanctuary (2) & Bob Barker (3) in October 2013 Gender: Female Date of Death: Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at PAWS Cause of Death: “humanely euthanized” … Continue reading »
Name: Thika (pronounced ‘Tee-ka’) (1) Date of Birth: 18 October 1980 at the Toronto Zoo Parents: Tantor (male) (2) born 1969, captured 1971, died 2 Aug 1989 & Tequila (female) (3) wild born 1970, captured 1972, died 2 September 2008. … Continue reading »