TripAdvisor & Its Subsidiary Travel Company Viator Continue To Shirk Responsibility When Confronted About Alleged Wild Animal Abuse Running Rampant Among Its Reviewers’ Highly Rated Tourist Destination Spots… It should come as no surprise that any wildlife attraction featuring elephants would be highly ranked; up near or at the top of any go-to tourist destination. … Continue reading »
What more could an elephant look forward to in life than a mud bath? And though there is a protective quality to the mud & volcanic dust, it shields them from the sun (cooling them down) & from the incessant bites of insects, most elephants extol its value more for the fun points it earns than … Continue reading »
If watching this video of an adorable woolly mammoth-like orphaned baby elephant doesn’t encourage you to help save these wonderful creatures then nothing can. As scientists have discovered the genetic link (in one study using mitochondrial DNA) from the Woolly Mammoth to the “modern elephant” they have also shown that the Asian elephant is even more closely … Continue reading »
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 »
Having observed the discomfort of two newly orphaned elephants struggling to sleep through the chill of an Indian night, Dr. Panjit Basumatary, a veterinarian at the WTI/IFAW, set out to find a way to bring relief to 3 month old Rupa and 11 month old Aashi. Thinking that there had to be a better way for the Indian … 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 »
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 »
In the documentary film “An Apology to Elephants” Lily Tomlin makes mention of an elephant named Nosey. These are her words. Lily Tomlin: “This is Nosey. She was born in Zimbabwe in 1982. She was captured as a baby after a culling that killed all of her family and left her orphaned. She along with 62 … 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 »