Name: SUSWA Date of Birth: Thursday 9 February 2012 Age on Arrival: 18 months old Gender: Female Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Now at Voi with the Partially Independent Orphans This baby elephant is growing up! See Suswa: Growing Up Ele : her Orphan Profile, Photos & a video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife … Continue reading »
“Against the odds this little elephant is still with us.” Karen Trendler recently spoke on behalf of The Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage in Zululand, South Africa near the area where a deathly ill baby elephant was found. The “rehabilitation and crisis response expert” provided the stark details after discovering the sickly bull calf. He was … Continue reading »
Loxodonta Africana For photos and information on how to Adopt Lulu see: PAWS Part 2 : PAWS to the Rescue, Lulu Here We Come A hand was extended in 2005 and a trunk reached out. That hand was from the late Pat Derby (along with PAW’s Ed Stewart). But at that point our Lulu had … Continue reading »
Name: Lulu Date of Birth: 1966 Place of Birth: Swaziland, Africa Gender: Female Where Now: PAWS Wildlife Sanctuary Loxodonta Africana For photos and more information on how to Adopt Lulu see: PAWS If ever an elephant was bound to be affected by a life constrained in captivity it is our elephant Lulu. From the time … Continue reading »
Name: Olsekki Date of Birth: Tuesday 10 September 2013 Age on Arrival: Approx. 12 months Gender: Male Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos, see Olsekki’s Orphan Profile & video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Sometimes all the good intentions in the world cannot save an … Continue reading »
Name: Mbegu Date of Birth: Saturday 15 March 2014 Age on Arrival: About 7 weeks Gender: Female Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos, see Mbegu at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Orphan’s Project The rescue of tiny Mbegu was perhaps the most intricate and disheartening of all recent … Continue reading »
It is the same type of assault weapon used to take our elephants down on the “African continent”, the AK47. Only this time poachers aimed their fire at a “true hero” among humans who was devoting his life to saving African elephants in the battle for the very existence of the species. One shot was … Continue reading »
Name: Lempaute Date of Birth: Sunday 22 October 2006 Gender: Female Where now: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust at Voi with the Partially Independent Orphans This baby elephant is growing up! For more information and photos of Lempaute: Growing Up Ele : see them at DSWT & see Lempaute’s photo gallery She was “just two … Continue reading »
Who would have thought that our African elephants could show a scientist and her research team just how to resolve a conflict which has existed for decades between the pachyderms and humans / farmers? By observing the elephants’ natural behavior toward African honey bees (they are instinctively afraid of them & especially fearful of stings … Continue reading »
Name: Mara Date of Birth: 1980 Place of Birth: Africa Gender: Female Where Now: PAWS Wildlife Sanctuary Loxodonta Africana For photos and information on Mara see: PAWS (See PAWSWEB Video links of Mara below.) Mara the elephant has had quite a few human friends in her young life. First there was the “Friends of Mara” group … Continue reading »