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The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) [1] operates an orphaned elephant rescue and wildlife rehabilitation program in Nairobi, Kenya. It was founded in 1977 by Dame Daphne Sheldrick to honour her late husband, David.
It is also home to two young male elephants named Kavi and Ashoka who were born on 17 July and 19 August 2014 and a young female Samiya who was born on 17 September 2014. The Kaziranga Forest Trail most recently became home to two female calves, Zinda born on 19 September 2016 and Avani born on 13 March 2017 and two male calves, Kabir, born on ...
The sanctuary has survived mainly thanks to the commitment of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which continues to compensate the landowners despite the loss of visitor income; the trust also re-fenced the entire ecosystem (Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and Shimba Hills National Reserve) in 2023/24. Since 2024, the Mwaluganje management has been ...
The Sheldrick Trust is so successful in raising orphaned elephants and releasing them back into the wild that over 60 new wild elephants have been born to ex-orphans!
Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, DBE (née Jenkins; 4 June 1934 – 12 April 2018) was a Kenyan of British descent, author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30 years. [1] She was the founder of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
After Sheldrick's untimely death from a heart attack in 1977, aged 57, his widow, Daphne Sheldrick (Dame Daphne Sheldrick), established the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (now known as the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust) in his memory. Among other activities the trust runs a Nursery for orphaned elephants and other animals in Nairobi National Park. [2]
In an effort to save on cash processing and hand handling fees, 22 national parks have gone cashless as of 2023. In September 2023, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) proposed the "Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act" (PARC) which would require national parks to accept cash as a form of payment for entrance fee. [13]
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya is no stranger to caring for tiny newborn animals. The organization actually specializes in sheltering and raising orphaned wildlife from elephants to rhinos.