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 »
Dear Elephants: This year Elephant Spoken Here forgot World Wildlife Day. (Yes, I know, how could we?) But we will never forget you as a species or forget your struggle to survive. Not a day goes by that we are not haunted by your plight (the threat of extinction), devising ways to implore the … 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: 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 »
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 »
Name: Enkikwe Date of Birth: Wednesday 20 November 2013 Gender: Male Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos see Enkikwe’s orphan profile & video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust They were a family just like any other elephant family. (The baby elephant was not quite 11 … Continue reading »
It is always more pleasing to give than to receive and there can be none more deserving of such gift than our orphaned baby elephants. Just ask the staff and crew members of a major airline who regularly volunteer to take part in each compassionate flight. For British Airways, providing warm blankets (comfort) and the transport of nourishment (special milk flown … Continue reading »
Ndotto’s Rescue The logistics of Ndotto’s rescue was more like a nightmare than the “dream” of which his name implies. Through a series of communications the rescue began. Beginning with a tribesman’s hours long trek down Ndotto’s namesake mountain, through a Milgis Trust “community ranger,” through that “grassroots conservation organization’s” founder Helen Douglas-Dufresne to The … Continue reading »
Name: Ndotto Date of Birth: Tuesday, 5 August 2014 Gender: Male Where: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery Nairobi Kenya Africa Too Cute For Photos see Ndotto’s orphan profile & video at: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust His name comes from the Ndoto Mountains, the place of his birth. (“In Swahali it means dream.”) And … Continue reading »