After visiting the first slum, we went to a baby elephant orphanage. It’s the coolest place! They have 27 baby elephants and one baby black rhino. All of the elephants and the rhino were fed through a large bottle. The elephants were very playful and cute. One of the workers told us the story of each orphaned elephant. Elephants are very emotional animals, so it is hard for them to lose their parents. They can actually go through a depression. Many elephants will remember their family for life. Much of the time they are orphaned due to poaching.
A baby elephant needs its mother’s milk for two years in order to survive. The elephant orphanage saves the lives of these elephants by caring for them and feeding them the first couple years of their life. They eventually release the elephant back into the wild once the elephant is ready to survive on its own.
Here is a quote from their website, “Our Aim:- The aim of our Orphans' Project, is to rear the orphaned elephants in such a way that they grow up psychologically sound so that in the fullness of time they can be returned where they rightly belong, amongst the wild elephant community of Tsavo National Park, there to enjoy the quality of life as wild elephants that is their birthright.” http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/index.asp
The visit there was wonderful. I loved hearing the stories of the elephants and the baby rhino. I never imagined going to an elephant orphanage…. How cool is that!
A baby elephant needs its mother’s milk for two years in order to survive. The elephant orphanage saves the lives of these elephants by caring for them and feeding them the first couple years of their life. They eventually release the elephant back into the wild once the elephant is ready to survive on its own.
Here is a quote from their website, “Our Aim:- The aim of our Orphans' Project, is to rear the orphaned elephants in such a way that they grow up psychologically sound so that in the fullness of time they can be returned where they rightly belong, amongst the wild elephant community of Tsavo National Park, there to enjoy the quality of life as wild elephants that is their birthright.” http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/index.asp
The visit there was wonderful. I loved hearing the stories of the elephants and the baby rhino. I never imagined going to an elephant orphanage…. How cool is that!
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