October David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage Filled to the Brim like Noah's Arch

This is an amazing foundation for so many reasons and they also do take donations to help educate children in Kenya as well as rescue animals...

I was in a store on Fifth Avenue that had a sculpture of an elephant chatting about how much it cost when the salesman told me he has a client that comes in, brags about flying to Africa and pays $10,000 just to murder an elephant for fun.

Elephants face extinction and they've been here far longer than we ever have and without animals like elephants that are part of the ecosphere we are really facing our own extinction as well...

We can't keep up mass murdering species of animals in to extinction and the terrible on going pollution of this planet -- so out of control one small thing you can do is adopt an elephant -- if you learn anything about them you will be very impressed.

This foundation will take four years of caring for these babies with one goal to get them back out into the wild.

Please watch the videos visit Facebook learn what you can do because you can help make a difference thank you.
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> Dear Animal Lovers:
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> The following is the Overview for October highlighting events from the Nairobi Nursery as well as our three rehabilitation Units. Specific news regarding your fostered orphan is accessed by clicking of the Keepers' Diary link found at the end of this email, where you can enjoy the stories about individual orphans.
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> With a record number of orphans still dependent on us we hope you will consider gifting the fostering of one of the orphans this holiday season. It is the fostering support that we enjoy from caring people worldwide that enables us to continue this valuable work , and offer a second chance of life for those lucky enough to be found, returning them when grown back where they rightly belong. Everyone that fosters an elephant participates in this noble cause. http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/fostering_christmas.asp
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> We would like to share with you an our brand new 2015 fostering video highlighting one of the Trust's most heart-warming successes: https://youtu.be/jLL-0fSgCV4
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> Throughout the month short films, beautiful photographs along with news about our conservation initiatives, particularly the Orphans' Project, can be enjoyed and shared with friends on the Trust's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/thedswt
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> THE NURSERY UNIT
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> October has been an extremely busy month with an influx of five new babies coming into our care. Three of whom have been orphaned by becoming trapped either in mud holes or wells, whilst two were found abandoned the reasons for which remain a mystery. To access further details concerning the circumstance of their rescues please be sure to view the October diaries and daily entries for the Nursery.
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> Little Kiko, the orphaned giraffe rescued from Meru National Park on the 19th of September, has become synonymous with the infant baby herd. The little elephants simply love his gentle calm, and can be found crowding around him resting their trunks on his side trying to suckle him. He is extremely long suffering and seems to enjoy the attention. Kiko's rescue film is now shared here: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?Rhino=&ID=862
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> Tusuja was rescued in June 2015, and has struggled ever since with parasitic ill health as a result of having shared the habitat with domestic livestock in the Masai Mara. His fragile condition was the reason that he had not been offered on the fostering program as we were not sure he would recover. We are delighted to now share with you his rescue film and story, as this brave little elephant is now beginning to thrive for the first time and is available to foster: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=342
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> Our orphaned rhino Solio, who has been successfully integrated into the wild community of Nairobi National Park, has been revisiting the stockade she utilised as an infant, and has enjoyed regularly fraternizing with blind Maxwell, who due to having been born blind in both eyes can never enjoy a life of freedom as a bull black rhino. However having known no different his whole life he remains very content and simply loves Solio's visits.
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> KIBWEZI FOREST – UMANI SPRINGS UNIT
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> Some of the stories from the Umani Diary include interesting anecdotes such as the orphans resting under a tree, in which there was a leopard with two cubs lying in the high branches above; Lima Lima's obsession with the terrapins in the water holes and how she expels them, and an encounter with a wild elephant and her suckling new born. Be sure to access the diaries so as to read more of the tales: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/keepers_diary.asp
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> Rearing the orphaned elephants is an emotional rollercoaster involving a great deal of heartbreak and sadness but also the reward of amazing successes. On the 13th of October, arguably one of the greatest of them all was when Wendi, orphaned in 2002 as a new-born herself, returned to the Ithumba midday mud bath with her very own minute wild born baby at her heels and a touching desire to share the joy of her baby with her erstwhile human family of Keepers. This joy was shared by all the ex-orphans, along with over twenty five wild elephant friends who have been her constant escort since the birth of little Wiva. More details about Wendi's wild born baby can be enjoyed in the Summary and daily Diary entries for Ithumba and a short film can be viewed here: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?Rhino=&ID=865
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> An important event this month has been the rescue of a tragic poaching victim in Tsavo, a female calf of approximately 2 years old. The mother of this calf was suffering from multiple poisoned arrow wounds and was treated by our mobile veterinary unit but was too weak to pull through the operation and succumbed to the deadly arrow poison. The calf was rescued by the DSWT's Voi elephant Keepers and the Tsavo Mobile Veterinary unit and is being hand reared at the DSWT Voi elephant stockades. We named her Araba, which is the Waliangulu tibal name for an Elephant. More details and photographs from Araba's rescue can be seen here:
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> Not long afterwards a second but older emaciated calf was rescued from the Satao area in Tsavo East, but tragically did not survive, with help arriving too late. The fate of his mother remains a mystery. Working together with the Kenya Wildlife Service we continue to work tirelessly assisting to keep the vast Tsavo Ecosystem safe, but this time of year historically a very dry period, always brings heightened human wildlife conflict and also an upsurge in poaching as elephants have to fall back on fewer permanent water sources. This is why we have seen an increase in orphans rescued – this month a total of seven.
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> The Trust funded Mobile Veterinary Units offering timely treatment are able to save numerous wild animals lives, particularly elephants, and these stories we share in our most recent quarterly report: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?Rhino=&ID=868
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> The Trust's air wing (five aircraft and a helicopter) along with our dedicated bush pilots support the DSWT's projects daily, regularly providing aerial surveillance over a region larger than some countries, assisting the Kenya Wildlife Service and DSWT Anti-Poaching Teams in reducing illegal activities along with providing much needed support for the Veterinary Units. The Aerial summary and photographs from October highlighting the Unit's achievements can be viewed here: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?Rhino=&ID=873
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> Please find a link to the The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's October Keeper's Diary should you want to keep abreast with your fostered elephant NGILAI
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> http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/monthly.asp?o=NGILAI&month=Oct
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> Also you will find attached a water colour painted by Angela Sheldrick for you to print off and keep.
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> We thank you for your valued support.
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> If you wish to renew or add an additional donation to your fostering of (NGILAI), please use this link below:
> https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/foster.asp?xgin=bacaiauggbdjfh
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> Most Sincerely,
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> Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick D.B.E.
> http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
> <The October 2015 Watercolour by Angela Sheldrick.jpg>


Angela watercolors are stunning she is a brilliant artist. I love her water colors - my most favorite paintings right now in the world.

When you adopt a baby elephant you're sent a color image of water colors she's painted stunningly beautiful...deeply sensitive very moving