🦜 Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: Haven for Elephants & Rhinos
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Pioneers in the rescue and hand-raising of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos, through to their reintegration to the wild when grown. Saving wild lives today and securing habitats for the future.
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Mudanda Gives Birth to Miale
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/mudanda-miale
Published: October 21, 2024 00:00
Our Voi family has been blessed with a beautiful new addition: a baby girl, born to ex-orphan Mudanda. The first-time mum gave birth right outside our stockades!
Watch: Urgent Operation to Treat a Speared Bull
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/watch-speared-bull
Published: October 17, 2024 00:00
Arrows and bullets, spears and snares — elephants are targeted from all angles. This time, it was a spear in the knee.
Anti-Poaching Report: September 2024
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/anti-poaching/anti-poaching-report-september-2024
Published: October 16, 2024 00:00
September was a busy month for the SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams. The teams covered 14,197 kilometres on patrol, making several significant arrests, and supported a number of orphan rescues, veterinary treatments, firefighting operations, and field…
Watch: A Four-Hour Elephant Extraction Mission
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/four-hour-mission
Published: October 13, 2024 00:00
Again, an elephant had gotten trapped inside a deep, water-filled well on Kuranze Ranch — something that has become an all-too-common occurrence during the dry season. This time, it was a full-grown female.
The Rescue of Wamata
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/rescue-of-wamata
Published: October 11, 2024 00:00
It started, as it so often does, with a routine aerial patrol. Our fixed-wing pilot was flying along the Tiva River when he spotted a little elephant near Wamata, in the northern sector of Tsavo East National Park. She was alone and visibly forlorn,…
Aerial Unit Report: August 2024
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/aerial/aug-2024
Published: October 8, 2024 00:00
The Aerial Unit flew 219 hours in August, covering 27,214 kilometres. Unsurprisingly, given the dry season, it was a very busy month. Notable activities included eight elephant veterinary treatments, one translocation, several anti-poaching operations, and…
Saving a Speared Tusker in Loisaba
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/speared-tusker-loisaba
Published: October 6, 2024 00:00
Another day, another elephant saved — this time, a speared tusker.
Hello in Elephant: An Elephant Translation Tool
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/hello-in-elephant
Published: October 4, 2024 00:00
Ever wondered what elephants are saying when they rumble, roar, trumpet, or gesticulate?
A Land of Polarities
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/fieldnotes/september-2024
Published: October 3, 2024 00:00
We are currently at the peak of Kenya’s long dry season. Tsavo is quiet, awash in tawny earth and barren trees and dutiful animals.
Sidai’s Surprise Baby, Sid
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/sidai-baby-sid
Published: October 1, 2024 00:00
Sidai has done it again! Our famously private ex-orphan just debuted a surprise baby boy.
Chaimu Gives Birth to Chapa
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/chaimu-chapa
Published: September 26, 2024 00:00
The latest addition to our Ithumba extended family arrived in the evening hours of Tuesday, 24th September 2024. We are deeply touched that Chaimu chose to return home for this milestone, giving birth in our midst.
Aerial Unit Report: July 2024
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/aerial/jul-2024
Published: September 25, 2024 00:00
The Aerial Unit flew 214 hours in July, covering 27,707 kilometres. It was another busy month supporting veterinary treatments, mostly snare victims. Other notable activities from July include firefighting, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and the…
World Rhino Day 2024
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/world-rhino-day-2024
Published: September 22, 2024 00:00
On World Rhino Day, we celebrate these remarkable creatures — ‘the last living dinosaurs,’ as Daphne Sheldrick called them — and highlight the threats they face.
Statement on the Situations in Namibia and Zimbabwe
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/statement-namibia-zimbabwe
Published: September 20, 2024 00:00
We want to address the deeply concerning situations unfolding in Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The Great Elephant Migration: A Journey for Coexistence
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/great-elephant-migration
Published: September 19, 2024 00:00
The Great Elephant Migration is on a journey to promote coexistence.
Introducing a Fine Art Fundraiser with Richard Phibbs
https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/richard-phibbs
Published: September 18, 2024 00:00
The orphans and their Keepers, as seen through the lens of Richard Phibbs — and now available to you through a very special fine art fundraiser!