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SERAA

Seraa was brought to the elephant nursery on the 12th October 2001. Serra was brought in at an estimated age of 6 weeks old, after being rescued from a well (where it had fallen in) from the north of Kenya - Shaba National Reserve.....

Seraa Profile

Seraa Diary

Seraa Photos

Seraa Translocated

BURRA

Burra was brought to the elephant nursery in May 2001. Burra was brought in at an estimated age of 8 months from the Bura / Taita district in Kenya. It was orphaned as a result of poaching activity in the area.....

Burra Profile

Burra Diary

Burra Photos

Burra Translocated

WENDI

She is an Imenti Forest Elephant, and arrived only days old, perhaps just a week, with a moist umbilical cord, soft black hair on her skin and a tiny short trunk.....

Wendi Profile

Wendi Diary

Wendi Photos

Saving Wendi

WENDI-MOVES

SELENGAI

On the 21^st March 2003, we welcomed another tiny orphaned elephant into the Nursery.....

Selengai Profile

Selengai Diary

Selengai Photos

He was one of the most uncomplicated babies we had ever had to cope with, rescued from the mud of drying Lake Jipe on the 2nd October 2004, nearly three months ago, just a week or so old when found, trusting and loving from the start....[READ MORE...]

His Masai Mara Conservancy mother had advanced septicaemia, possibly as the result of a snake-bite, or so the Vet that treated her surmised....[READ MORE...]

She was seen sleeping under the shade of a tree, all alone, in Hilton Hotels Taita Hills Sanctuary, with no other elephants nearby, and since she was only about 4 months old, she was obviously an orphan doomed to die ...[READ MORE...]

Nalitu, another tiny orphan - 11 November 2004

The Uaso Nyiro River (the Masai name for “Red River”) has as its sources tributaries that rise in the forests of both the Aberdare mountain range and Mount Kenya....[READ MORE...]

Another hectic Sunday 7th November; another rescue alert following a phone call from the Mara Conservancy that there was a young, and very sick elephant mother, with an enormous festering abscess on her abdomen and a tiny newborn calf, who was in a very weak condition...[READ MORE...]

Jipe's Rescue - October 2nd, 2004.

At the far Southern end of Tsavo West National Park is Lake Jipe, lying across the Kenyan/Tanzanian border, a beautiful lake that was once the unique jewel of Tsavo West,...[READ MORE...]

Buchuma's Rescue - September 28th, 2004.

On the 28^th September, whilst on the way to inspect the Aruba borehole with the Mobile Veterinary Unit, an alert came of an orphaned elephant from the Rangers at the Buchuma Entrance Gate to Tsavo East...[READ MORE...]

Sagalla's Rescue - September 20th, 2004.

Taita Ranch is situated 60 Kms. from Voi opposite the Buchuma Entrance to the Park on the Nairobi – Mombasa road. This, and neighbouring ranches, form a vital corridor between Tsavo West and Tsavo East National Parks...[READ MORE...]

Ziwani's Demise - September 7th, 2004.

“If only” is perhaps the saddest phrase in the English language, and if only we had been able to rescue a yearling male elephant calf in time, found by KWS Rangers all alone in and near the Ziwani swamp...[READ MORE...]

Napasha's Leg - August 17th, 2004.

The morning of the 17^th August, Napasha tried to mount Taita, to which Taita objected, dislodging him and causing him to fall on a stump which pierced his left foreleg, leaving a piece of dry stick deeply imbedded in the flesh....[READ MORE...]

Gallana's Rescue - August 15th, 2004.

It always happens on a Sunday! During the morning of Sunday 15^th August, a phone call from our De-Snaring Team Leader in Voi alerted us to the fact that a young female elephant had been rescued near the Galana river...[READ MORE...]

Sad Story of Little Ol Tukai - August 6th, 2004.

The Amboseli Elephants are famous.   They have been the subject of an in-depth study for the past 28 years and the family history of every individual is known intimately, from the day it was born until the day of its death....[READ MORE...]

Moving Wendi and Others..- June 18th, 2004.

This particular move of six of our Nursery Elephants has entailed a great deal of heart-searching and planning, being more complex than usual, since the decision had been taken that the time had come to split the Voi group....[READ MORE...]

Naserian's Rescue - MAY 2004

12th May 2004, in the late afternoon, we received a message from Save the Elephants in Samburu National Reserve alerting us to the fact that what was obviously an orphaned elephant calf had been seen trailing the wild herds, and suffering continuous rejection by them......[READ MORE...]

NOVEMBER 2003

On the 26th November, 2003, we welcomed another little 6 week old elephant into the Nursery from the same remote corner of Kenya that yielded Sunyei, orphaned under the same circumstances, having fallen into a well dug by tribesmen in a dry Northern sand lugga in a very arid part of the world......[ READ MORE...]

30 OCTOBER 2003

A Newcomer:  On the morning of the 30th October, a 2 month old baby rhino came into our care, his mother apparently an extremely old and emaciated Nairobi Park cow named Stella, whose teeth were worn completely flat. Having come to the end of her life, she lay down to die near the Ivory Burn site in Nairobi National Park, her calf desperately trying to suckle her recumbent body. Hyaenas circled her and her baby all night, the calf having caused a wound on her udder, which is probably what attracted the attention of the hyaenas....[ READ MORE...]

08 OCTOBER 2003

On 8th October 2003, at around 2 pm, a KWS Assistant Warden, two Rangers and a driver arrived at the Elephant Night Stockades in Voi seeking assistance. They reported a young elephant seen by Tour Drivers wondering alone, and in an emaciated condition, near The Voi Safari Lodge....[ READ MORE...]

OCTOBER 2003

At around 11 a.m., we received a call from Tsavo East Headquarters that a young elephant had fallen into a septic tank at Salt Lick Lodge. It was reported that the mother of the calf was nowhere in sight and that the calf was of tender age....[ READ MORE...]

AUGUST 2003

The month of August saw two rescues, one tragic and one happy. On the 16th a yearling female calf abandoned at Satao Camp, who had unsuccessfully been trying to attach itself to visiting wild herds for two days,...[ READ MORE...]

JULY 2003

On the 14th of July 2003 at around 13:30pm, we were alerted by Mpala Ranch that a Maasai herdsman had come across a young elephant estimated to be over 6 months of age. The Maasai herdsman came across the elephant quite by accident because it was lying down, and at first he thought that it was dead....[ READ MORE...]

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