My colleagues enjoying the morning rain.
Orphaned elephants Murera and Sonje begin a new phase in their ultimate rehabilitation back into the wild, as they graduate from the Nairobi Nursery to the DSWT's third and brand new reintegration unit at Umani Springs in the Kibwezi Forest. Full account of their move at: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=681
Maasai Mara, East Africa
As the world looks on for the start of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, and following a visit from African football star Yaya Toure, football fever has gripped our keepers, and with that the orphaned elephants at the Nairobi Nursery.
Maasai Mara, East Africa
“A world without elephants is hard to comprehend but it is a real possibility…Elephants have walked the earth for 50 million years but against a sub-machine gun or poacher armed with a spear, they stand little chance.”
-Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick
photo courtesy of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Maasai Mara, East Africa