The Maasai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) was first established in 1961 as a wildlife sanctuary and is where one of the DSWT's three mobile veterinary units is located...read more about the story at http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=541
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) to meet the baby elephants that have been orphaned as a result of the ongoing slaughter of elephants across Kenya, making her the first Kenyan leader to publically take personal interest in the crisis facing Kenya's elephants...
The US Ambassador to Kenya, Robert Godec, marked World Environment Day (WED) with a visit to the DSWT's elephant nursery in Nairobi on the 5th June 2013.
A one year old elephant calf was found abandoned and trapped in a fenced research area in Tsavo East near Aruba Dam. This is the story of the calf's rescue and how she came to the DSWT Nairobi Nursery to get the chance to once again return to the wild.
A brief glimpse of the life of the DSWT's orphans at the Voi Rehabilitation Stockades in northern Tsavo East. Watch the daily goings-on of the elephants and their human Keepers as they learn the skills needed to return to the wild. You can read more about the story here http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=532
On Friday 7th June, the rhino calf was found trapped in a ditch in the region of Lake Naivasha and unable to get out. It was clear that without intervention it was not going to survive. The KWS Veterinary Officer Elphantis, working together with ARR (Animal Rights Reserved) made the decision to rescue the calf in order to save her life.