In the depths of northern Tsavo East a unique baby was born; a baby elephant strengthening the bond between the wild herds of Tsavo and the orphaned elephants of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The Ithumba Unit's second wild-birth was sealed twenty-three months ago between twelve year-old Yatta and a young wild bull of twenty-six years.
Daphne Sheldrick, founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the first person to pioneer the successful milk formula and husbandry needed to raise a milk dependent baby elephant talks about her autobiography, An African Love Story, published on 1st March 2012.
On the 28th of December The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust moved three orphans, namely Layoni, Dabassa, and Rombo to Tsavo East National Park to re-habilitate them back into the wild from the Trust's Voi Unit. This films shows their journey. To read more please look on our website https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=390