A lone calf in a drought ridden landscape: the scene was set for Hildana’s 11th hour rescue, which brought the emaciated orphan into our orbit. She’s now growing up at our Voi Unit, where she’ll one day rejoin the wild. Celebrate her rescueversary with us: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/hildana

Treasured moments between rescued orphan elephant Kiombo & Keeper Evans. Perhaps because they are the only family he has ever really known, but Kiombo has always enjoyed a special relationship with his 'family in green'. They've played a critical role in raising him from infancy,

Elephants are very tactile creatures. In the wild, calves are ensconced in a tangle of trunks or a cocoon of big elephant bodies. We treat our orphans to the same hands-on care, ensuring they still grow up knowing the same love & dedication that every young elephant deserves.

With a hip, hop & a flop, Chamboi creates the perfect roadside dust bath! Impromptu spa treatment complete, he dances his way home. He's a critically endangered black rhino. Orphaned as a newborn, he now has a family with us. When grown, he will be reintegrated back into the

We’ve handpicked some of our favourite big cat sightings from our recent aerial patrols over Tsavo. Which is your favourite? These patrols are vital to securing the vast Tsavo ecosystem, enabling us to monitor wildlife & provide a rapid response to unfolding emergencies (incl.

Introducing the tallest & (one of the smallest) orphans in our care: Twiggy & Toto. Despite their obvious physical differences, they share a number of similarities. Both are orphans, each tried to find sanctuary with other animals before their rescue & both are growing up at our

Continuing the Toto love today… you won’t catch him causing milk-mischief during milk feeds. He’s calm, level headed & wise beyond his years. As our Keeper’s put it ‘he’s very mature for his age’ & eschews cheeky behaviour! Learn more about him: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/toto

Korbessa has 'discovered' the tyres that are kept around our Field HQ & has become obsessed with her new play things. What ensues is an adorable squabble for possession between her & Toto, with the guineafowl standing in as the elephants’ cheering squad! Like Toto, little

Last week, we celebrated Kerrio’s third rescueversary! She came to us essentially paralysed; now, she is a gentle, nurturing mini matriarch. On #TransformationTuesday, we share her story: Kerrio’s rescue was an extraordinary one, between challenging conflict conditions on the

Mzinga is 2 years old. Rescued as an orphaned newborn calf, she had been found all alone on a patrol of a nearby pipeline. Boots on the ground were deployed to search for her lost mother - but in the face of no herds in the area, KWS greenlit a rescue. She's since found a family

Amidst a herd of Voi showboaters, Epiya shines. She is a feisty, fun-loving girl. But it wasn’t always that way. Epiya’s story began with tragedy: In October 2022, she was found with her dying mother, who had succumbed to the drought. Based on Epiya’s condition, it had been a

The call came in: Herders had discovered a large female elephant & her infant calf trapped inside a deep, water-filled well on Kuranze Ranch. Reinforcements were needed incl. heavy machinery & specialist teams. Luckily, our road grader & SWT/KWS Tsavo Vet Unit were in the region!

When orphaned elephants arrive in our care, we make a commitment to raise them from infancy to independence. But their story doesn't end with reintegration: we promise to protect the orphans long after they go wild. For us, the ultimate happy ending is when these individuals

Imagine this: our pilot has just identified signs of illegal activity in Kenya’s Tsavo National Parks. Follow up on the ground is needed, quick. What do we do? That's where our rapid-response Air Wing comes in, transporting rangers & our Canine Unit straight into situ! Enabling

In the wild, a baby elephant will shelter under mum for shade, as perfectly demonstrated by wild-born calf, Nyx & her mum Naisula. Naisula is an orphaned elephant we rescued & raised from infancy to independence. She has always been a gentle, friendly elephant & now she is a

Korbessa vs. the dastardly branches! this impish character usually prefers eating her branches, but sometimes it’s more fun to play with your food. An orphaned elephant in our care, discover Korbessa’s rescue story & find out how she earned the nickname ‘little frog’ at:

#BehindTheScenes – the moment our SWT/KWS Tsavo Vet Unit administered the anaesthetic reversal drug to awaken an elephant calf that had just been freed from a deadly snare, & his recumbent mother! We shared the full details on this recent operation, which took place last month in

Splish, splash, splosh. A few seconds later, much to our dismay, Mwinzi took to tipping the bucket over! It's become a daily tradition for our fun-loving, persistent young chap. Fortunately his friends, Natibu & Toto prefer to drink water rather than waste it! Learn more about

This was the scene facing our teams when they arrived on site: an elephant mother was stuck in a deep-sided well & she couldn't get out by herself. In an all-hands-on-deck operation to free her from her watery prison, we mobilised our road grader (which handily, was based 30km