Wild Kenya

​Marabou Stork, East Africa

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust exists to protect and conserve wildlife and habitats in Kenya. In recent years the scarcity of water throughout the dry seasons has been one of the greatest challenges facing Tsavo National Park. As a result of illegal logging, charcoal burning and increased livestock intrusion, permanent rivers are now becoming seasonal, whilst important water catchments are vanishing.

On 25th January, just days after Kilabasi and Kanjoro, three more of the oldest females from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Nursery in Nairobi make the journey to Ithumba. From here they will mix with the wild elephants of Tsavo East and ultimately return to the wild.

The Southern Pride, SouthAfrica

On the 24th January, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust translocated two orphaned elephants, Kilabasi and Kanjoro, from the DSWT's Nursery in Nairobi to Ithumba, one of two reintegration centres operated by the DSWT in Tsavo East National Park.