Giving Tuesday matched donation campaign to help protect and conserve elephants and wild animals
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Sheldrick WildlifeWith your help, we’ve secured 250,000 acres for #wildlife & built 188km of fencelines, all to keep wild #animals safe from habitat loss & human-wildlife conflict. But there’s more we can do. Donate at: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/giving-tuesday & 100% of your donation will be matched #GivingTuesday pic.twitter.com/TQIPngWm0W
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In the early morning of the 9th September 2018 KWS Company Commander of the Taita Ranches, Mr Salim Makomba, received a report from the community regarding a submerged baby elephant located on privately owned land in Mzee Kirema’s dam outside of...
Every day among elephants is special, but every so often, we have a truly momentous day — one that will remain imprinted on our hearts and in our minds forever. Today falls firmly into that category, as we celebrated the births of not one, not two,...
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a haven for elephant orphans rhinos and other animals. Read about our work on elephant conservation anti-poaching resource and everything else about elephants
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Sheldrick WildlifeWe’re best known for our work to care for orphaned #elephants & #rhinos but we help many more orphaned wild animals in need, including excitable baby buffalo like Ivia and Cheza here. Learn more about how we are saving wild lives: sheldrickwildlifetrust.orgpic.twitter.com/7sYlbRqqrE
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Baby Apollo, rescued on the 21st September 2019 has been with us for just over a month now, and is based out of our field headquarters in Kaluku situated on the Athi River surrounded by Tsavo National Park. This black rhino calf was rescued not far...
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Sheldrick WildlifeBedtime nose rubs for a very special baby
This orphaned black rhino is 1 of an estimated 745 individuals left in Kenya. His mum died of natural causes so we’re caring for him now & will continue to until he is old enough to return to the protected wild: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/a…pic.twitter.com/gVpwoRB86P
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Apollo is a black rhino orphan who was spotted standing beside his dead mother on 21st September 2019 . Vulnerable to predation and still milk dependent, a rescue was mounted and the calf was brought to the SWT's Kaluku Field HQ where he is...
On 6th April 2019, a lone calf was spotted wandering within the Oloisukut Conservancy in the greater Masai Mara and conservancy rangers were tasked to monitor her and report back in case she joined up with a herd.
Exclusive: ‘The decision of a single judge could potentially undo years of campaigning and reject the overwhelming public demand for this law,’ say activists
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Sheldrick WildlifeAppalled to see some in the UK are trying to overturn the 2018 UK Ivory Act. It took years of campaigning to secure the UK ivory ban, which has the support of 88% of the public. Let's be clear, ivory is the property of elephants
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This little calf, when just a few months old had an extremely traumatic beginning, suffering two bullet wounds, one to his left foot and another shattering his right leg just above the knee joint. He was first sighted by a DSWT Pilot on the 31st...
Discover our Orphan Units in Kenya - Ithumba, Voi, Umani Springs and our nursery in Nairobi.
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Sheldrick WildlifeGiven their sad start to life, and the tremendous physical and psychological pain many orphaned #elephants suffered before they came into our care, it is only fitting that our Reintegration Units offer a protected & compassionate place in which to thrive: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/projects/orpha…pic.twitter.com/IGCHA02ZUY
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September of 2017 in the southern area of Tsavo an incredibly severe drought gripped the area, and the death toll for elephants was dramatic. This was through a lack of food and not water, but due to poor rains spanning a number of years things...
Discover how in locations that historically suffer from limited rainfall and drought which can devastate wildlife populations, we work to provide permanent and temporary water sources to relieve wildlife suffering.
On the 6th of July Angela was contacted by Richard Bonham of Big Life regarding reports from the Narraengolo within the Chyulu / Amboseli ecosystem of an abandoned orphaned elephant. A Big Life Ranger who was off duty later confirmed the community...
Discover how with the support of local partners including the Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Wildlife Service, we are working to secure Kenya’s unique and endangered wild habitats.
On 30th June we responded to reports of a bull elephant, sighted on Mbirikani group ranch, with three spear wounds around the base of his trunk, and two more around his hind area.
On 20th September 2018, while on a routine fixed-wing patrol with DSWT pilot Neville Sheldrick, the Tiva De-Snaring Team leader, Nterto Kapina, spotted the tracks of what appeared to be a lone elephant calf wandering down the Tiva River.
A haven for orphaned elephants, rhinos and other wild animals. Learn about the wildlife conservation efforts work of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
On 17th March Robert Carr-Hartley received a phone call from Governor Samuel Tunai of Narok County, the County which the Masai Mara Reserve falls within. He was calling in regard to reports of an orphaned elephant whose plight had come to his...