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Mzinga, Muridjo, and Kamili are good friends — but it’s every nanny for herself when precious Kipekee is in the picture.
The nannies bump, barge, and body-check each other as they jockey for prime position next to the little girl — and so it goes until they are well into the forest!
Kipekee is the latest addition to our foster programme. Rescued in June, this tiny orphan lost her mother to human-wildlife conflict. It has only been two months, but she has already made enormous progress!
🐘 Support Kipekee’s journey though an adoption: https://t.co/6Jwcv8ZVjU
Our SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams worked tirelessly throughout July, patrolling more than 39,800 KMs to protect Kenya's precious wildlife. The statistics tell a powerful story of conservation in action.
Key Achievements in the month:
- 1,679 deadly snares confiscated and destroyed
- 34 arrests, including 15 offenders with bushmeat inside National Parks
- Assisted in an orphan elephant rescue
- Tackled bushfires in the Tsavo Conservation Area
Read the full report and discover the difference our teams – in collaboration with KWS – are making for wildlife and habitats: https://t.co/ngwVXfyUb7
Picture perfect!
Amali is easy to recognise with her dainty little tusks that fan out in either direction. Unfortunately, she is also known for her distinctive trunk — the tip was severed by a poacher’s snare. Despite this, our girl has adapted marvellously and shines in our Umani herd.
Amali is still very young, but she is already a remarkably adept nanny and an excellent ‘scout’. The Keepers say she reminds them of a young Lima Lima, alerting them of danger and tracking down any wayward members of the herd.
Read her full story and support Amali through an adoption, at https://t.co/wwUCu7YakX
As Kenya's dry season intensifies, elephants searching for water can become trapped in drying waterholes. Our teams responded to multiple emergencies in August, successfully rescuing several elephants from life-threatening situations.
One of the most dramatic rescues occurred at a dam on Kutima Ranch, where a bull elephant became completely imprisoned in mud. Our helicopter deployed rescue personnel, whilst Taita Sisal Estate provided a JCB. Working together, teams positioned rescue straps around the bull, before extracting him with one steady pull.
With donor support, we provide a rapid response that saves elephant lives during Kenya's most challenging season. Here are three individuals helped in recent weeks.
You can help us answer the next call: https://t.co/ZLJQceLG0f
A full house at the mud bath! Mr Bean, Bombi, Bibi, and Gruff joined Chamboi for his afternoon wallow. Gruff even had a face-to-face moment with the big black rhino!
This is Chamboi’s appointed time for a mud bath, but in the spirit of friendship, many of the other orphans often gather in.
Best known for rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned elephants and rhinos, we offer a home to any wild animal who has lost their family. We nurture them for as long as they need us, then reintegrate them into a protected habitat, where they can live wild among their own kind.
Learn more about our conservation work: https://t.co/RNRO7wx54j
Let's enjoy Zigi seizing an opportunity to bug Lenny!
Initially, Lenny was determined to ignore him, but the younger bull tailed him, pulled his ears, and generally made himself such a nuisance that he had to engage. The antics that ensued even caught the attention of rescued orphan Kapei, who usually can’t be bothered to intervene in baby play!
Lenny and Zigi are two of 77 calves born to orphans we rescued, raised, and rewilded. These elephants are the greatest testament to the success of our Orphans’ Project — showing how saving one life can pave the way for generations to come.
Meet our wild-born calves: https://t.co/Zpnintl3BH
Mbegu is gradually transitioning to a wild life and recently started sleeping outside the Voi Stockades — but, like any youngster flying the nest, she returns like clockwork for a free meal!
This is all a part of the reintegration phase: short forays away from the dependent herd, then occasional nights out. Mbegu and her group now spend all their nights in the wild, although they continue to link up with the dependent herd most days. Eventually, those visits will likely become more irregular — all part of growing up!
Thanks to our supporters, orphans like Mbegu grow up with a family and a wild future. To discover her story, visit https://t.co/eK6ROXPq1n
Maxwell woke up with a pep in his step — because friends Kerrio and Taroha were coming to visit!
Max is our resident blind black rhino. He is also the most popular member of our Nursery herd. He doesn’t join the orphaned elephants out in the forest for a number of reasons — black rhinos are very territorial by nature, and because Max is blind, he has his own, expansive stockade to call home — but visitors are always welcome at his door.
Most mornings, the orphaned elephants make a point to stop by Maxwell’s gate as they head into the forest. They share a lovely hello, then go about their respective days.
Meet Max and support him through an adoption: https://t.co/8EmtCiMnSJ
Ashanti and Rokka engaged in a spirited sparring session at Voi!
These two feisty girls are proving that sparring isn't just for the bulls. Plucky Rokka – who ruled the roost in Kaluku, where she grew up among male elephants before graduating to Voi – has met a strong match in determined Ashanti. Young Ashanti has a shortened trunk, the result of a poacher's snare, and has learned to adapt – to her, all challenges can be overcome.
This playful wrestling teaches important life skills – learning boundaries, building confidence, and developing the assertiveness they'll need when living back in the wild.
You can read their stories at: https://t.co/o5YQb20LXh