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Latest News & Updates:  

1. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s 2007 Newsletter
   
   

2. Rongai's rescue - 6/22/2008
   
   During the afternoon of the 12^th June, a passing motorist spotted a tiny zebra foal standing forlornly all alone in the middle of the Kitengela plains abutting Nairobi National Park, with no other zebras anywhere to be seen. (read more)

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3. Kelly Rowland visits The David Sheldrick Widlife Trust - 6/21/2008
   
   

   Kelly Rowland visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Orphans' Project on Saturday while in Nairobi. (read more)

4. Kimana's rescue - 6/20/2008
   
   

   On the 27th May 2008 a tiny 3 week old elephant bull calf simply wandered into a ‘manyatta’ (homestead)  seaking the company of the cattle at Kimana Springs, close to the Amboseli National Park. (read more)

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Foster an orphan elephant A gift that not only helps save a life but also bequeaths to the recipient an endearing icon that will be both educational and appealing.  This is a living gift of a wonderful animal, the largest mammal on earth, and a gift that enables someone to become a part of the life of the elephant of your choice.

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5. Moving Lenana, Makena and Chyulu to Ithumba - 6/18/2008
   
   

   It is always with mixed feelings that the elephant orphans leave the Nursery forever, to embark on the next phase, over a span of 8 to 10 years returning them back to the wild elephant community of a Protected National Park, large enough to ensure a quality of life in terms of space when grown. (read more)

6. A sad day in the Nursery - 6/11/2008
   
   She came in on a Sunday.   It always seems to happen on a Sunday, but Sunday 8^th June 2008 turned out to be unusually hectic as KWS informed us of two possible rescues from Laikipia to coordinate, which is never easy, especially on a Sunday!

   One young orphan had been captured on Oljogi Ranch in Laikipia district, having been spotted the day before on Mpala Ranch, alone. (read more)

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The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a small flexible charity, established in memory of David Sheldrick, famous Naturalist and founder Warden of Kenya's giant Tsavo East National Park in which he served from 1948 until 1976. 

Since its inception in 1977 the Trust has played an extremely significant and important role in Kenya's conservation effort.  Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick along with Six Trustees assisted by an Advisory Committee of practical Naturalists with a lifetime experience of African conditions oversee and direct the operations of the Trust.

Helping save the lives of orphaned Elephants and Rhinos who are ultimately released back into the wild is just some of the many wildlife commitments The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is involved in.  The Trust runs seven full time Desnaring teams, two mobile Veterinary Units, and is active in a Community Outreach Program along with working with the communities in an educational capactiry locally,  and through articles for the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, the Press and Radio Programs.  The Trust has also provided advanced training in wildlife management for promising students. 

The Trust continues to provide a blueprint for the welfare of animals in captivity and, in the case of elephants, illustrated the sophistication of their communication and their social needs.  It has perpetuated vital field knowledge and experience that would otherwise have been lost, and made it available to all national parks in East Africa and many beyond.

The Trust provides continual support for The Kenyan Wildlife Service through our Desnaring efforts within the Tsavo Ecosystem and the Mobile Veterinary Units, but also through support of security fuel, and electrically fencing sensitive National Park boundaries, alleviating human wildlife conflict.  The Trust supports indigenous tree nurseries, and water projects in both Tsavo National Park and in the bordering community areas.

This web site contains valuable information concerning Elephant & Rhino Conservation, elephant emotion, the orphans who have been raised by us, and much more.

'Saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people. Greed and personal gain must not be permitted to decimate, despoil and destroy the earth's irreplaceable treasure for its existence is essential to the human spirit and the well-being of the earth as a whole. All life has just one home - the earth - and we as the dominant species must take care of it.'   

Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick