Once a frog, always a frog! Ever since she was a tiny new rescue – a tadpole, one might say – Korbessa has been known for her signature amphibious squat. Now, nearly three years on, it’s still the pose she loves best.
To date, we have successfully raised over 320 orphaned elephants. Learn more about our pioneering rescue-to-rewilding process, which unfolds over many years: https://t.co/EdWRBjgrNL
Can you guess which of these is a wild elephant?
Olsekki, one of our ex-orphans at our Ithumba Reintegration Unit, has been spending a lot of time with a wild bull. They have been browsing side by side this week, walking the same routes through Tsavo.
Our Keepers can tell the difference, but to anyone else, we suspect it's impossible to tell who grew up in the wild and who was rescued from the Maasai Mara in 2014. After more than a decade in our care, lots of sleepless nights, fingers suckled on and many many bottles of milk, Olsekki has been accepted into the wild herds around him. It's everything we worked towards.
Hey there Bumpy.
Hippos spend most of their day in water – it's where they cool off, where they sleep, where calves are born. It's also where Bumpy feels calmest and most comfortable, bobbing around in his own personal pool at our Kaluku Neonate Unit.
His family is a tad eclectic, made up of buffalo, elephants and their human caregivers. The thread that binds them all? Every animal is an orphan, on their own path back to the wild.
Find out how you can support Bumpy through an adoption: https://t.co/qAEjrv65WE
Mzinga has appointed herself Zuri's personal squire. Every night – with no outside urging – she step-by-step escorts the little elephant into her bedroom. Once she's seen her safely inside, the mini matriarch about-turns and pads to her own stockade.
Elephants are so remarkably intuitive. Mzinga knows that Zuri is still settling in and pays her special attention. This evening escort home helps to set our newbie up for a peaceful, good night's sleep.
Rescued from a septic tank only last month, Zuri is the newest addition to our orphan herd. Learn more about her and perhaps become part of her journey through an adoption: https://t.co/RBNyett5B7