Elephant moves always take into account friendships and so at 3.30am on 28th May, three little bull elephants - friends Bomani, Orwa and Teleki mounted the elephant mover and began their journey to the Ithumba Reintegration Centre. Watch their first steps at their new home, meeting the older orphans who will join them on their journey back to a life in the wild.

January 8th: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rescued a two year old bull elephant from Amboseli National Park, whose mother, known to the researchers of Amboseli Trust for Elephants as Zombe, was extremely sick and in a state of collapse.

Ashaka was rescued on 3rd November 2013, aged just 3 weeks old at the time, she'd been found stuck in a drying up water hole in Manyani, Tsavo West National Park. Read the full account of her rescue at http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=309 where you can also choose to foster Ashaka and help provide her with a second chance at a life back in the wild when grown.

Ithumba Orphans

Tsavo East, East Africa

Emily and the Voi ex orphans visit unexpectedly and after an absence of over 4 months. They were in wonderful condition, safe and well

On 10th October we moved Nursery orphan's Kihari, Naipoki and Ishaq-B to the DSWT Voi Rehabilitation Unit in Tsavo East National Park. The whole move went without a hitch and the three were warmly welcomed into the group of 19 dependent orphans presently based in Voi.

Elephant Orphans, Ithumba