Motherhood is a full time job and with these cast of characters Mpole is working overtime. She will only let them play these ambushing games for so long before her patience runs out.
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.
