Name: Icholta Date of Birth: August 1999 Gender: Female Where now: A fully independent orphan (Icholta was slowly released INTO THE WILD from The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust after living happily and thriving at Voi with the Partially Independent Orphans for many years.) This sweet elephant is all grown up! For more details (including latest updates) … Continue reading »
Sometimes, try as she might, even a Mother elephant is unable to help her calf out of a precarious situation. Thankfully, this baby elephant (watch VIDEO here) who found herself trapped in a shallow watering hole in Kenya, Africa was within earshot of rescuers at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) and was swiftly plucked to … Continue reading »
Name: AMBO Date of Birth: January 2016 Age on Arrival: 4 months Gender: Male Reason For Being Orphaned: Stuck in Mud Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos, see AMBO’s Orphan Profile & video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust It may have been just another rescue … Continue reading »
World Elephant Day is Tuesday 12 August 2016 “Elevents” (here are just a few of the events being held worldwide) 1) Screenings are being held for the film (also available online) When Elephants Were Young. This “feature documentary reveals the true story of the human-Asian elephant relationship. It will be released in theatres to celebrate World … Continue reading »
In much the same way that Linus Van Pelt , in the classic comic strip Peanuts by the late Charles Schulz, felt about his famous blue security blanket so do these sweet baby elephants of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust feel about their “little coats”. Not long after their arrival at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust … Continue reading »
Growing Up Ele : Update on Rorogoi As with every orphaned elephant rescued by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust there comes a time, or graduation day, when a new stage is reached by an elephant that brings her ( or him) closer to her (or his ) eventual release back into the wild. From that … Continue reading »
Name: ROROGOI Date of Birth: Friday 12 August 2012 Age on Arrival: 14 months old Gender: Female Orphaned Because of: Poaching Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Now at Voi with the Partially Independent Orphans This baby elephant is growing up! See Rorogoi: Growing Up Ele : her Orphan Profile, Photos & a video … 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 »
It may take longer than an afternoon of ceremony to burn an elephant tusk to a crisp (actually the process of destroying ivory involves many days of exposure to intense temperatures in furnaces designed to withstand such heat). Even still the embers remain and serve as a fervent reminder of just how incensed the public has become … 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 »