RT Horizon Magazine
Ivory from an ancient shipwreck can help show how #elephants lived before humans started hunting them and destroying their habitats.
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#ResearchImpactEU https://t.co/GzywUjjIyz

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Generations of elephants - wild herds, ex-orphans & their offspring, & orphans still reliant on us - coming together in Tsavo National Park. Whether you're reading this from Kenya or the other side of the world, we're all neighbours; after all, all life has just one home #protect #wildlife #elephants #nature #animals #conservation #sheldricktrust #animalrescue #swt

She’s far from the smallest, or youngest, member of our Voi orphan herd, but it’s safe to say Lemeki still acts like the baby of the bunch.

Ever since her rescue, as a genuine baby, she’s loved swinging her trunk - a very happy at heart individual, which is credit to the Keepers who've raised her since she was only days old.

Read her story at: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/lemeki

#elephants #animals #conservation #wildlife #trunk #sheldricktrust #kenya #tsavo #nature #sheldrickwildlifetrust

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One day Mzinga & Nyambeni will be wild elephants. As they navigate their early years, we're supporting them at every step.

Later, in the wild, we'll be working behind the scenes to protect them & secure their home.

You can play an integral role through an adoption: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

#PieAerts #babyelephants #animalrescue #animals #elephants #kenya #conservation #nature #wildlife #sheldricktrust #sheldrickwildlifetrust

It’s hard to believe that Murera’s baby is already a month old, yet it’s equally difficult to recall life before Mwana.

She’s captured the hearts of everyone at Umani, especially Kiasa & Enkesha who shadow her every move in a barefaced bid to be Nanny No.1

Read about the miracle of Murera becoming a mum to sweet Mwana at http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/murera-baby-mwana

#elephants #babyelephant #wildlife #nature #kenya #animals #conservation #elephant #sheldricktrust #sheldrickwildlifetrust

Great matriarchs never really leave us

Today marks five years since Daphne Sheldrick, my mother and the Trust’s founder, passed away.

However, we feel Daphne and David’s presence every day and in all that we do, as we continue and grow what they started.

We encourage you to read Angela Sheldrick's full tribute to her Daphne at: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/daphne-tribute-2023

#tribute #remembering #pioneer #matriarch #elephants #conservation #nature #mother #sheldricktrust #sheldrickwildlifetrust #kenya

Bondeni by name, mischievous by nature!

Now 4 years old, this little bull’s been keeping his Keepers on their toes since his early days in Kaluku.

He was rescued as an orphan in 2019, when just a few days old.

Now at our Nairobi Nursery, he remains the chief instigator of hijinks!

Read Bondeni's story at: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bondeni

#bondeni #wildlife #elephants #babyelephant #animals #nature #animalrescue #naughty #playful #kenya #conservation

Adorableness: A baby elephant clambering out of a mud bath!

In this case, it's Muridjo, a calf who likes to act like one of the big girls - despite being only 16 months old - but even she has moments when she just wants to play about like any other baby.

Meet this sweet girl and consider supporting her journey with an adoption at http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/muridjo

#elephants #mud #babyelephant #wildlife #nature #animals #conservation #sheldricktrust #kenya #sheldrickwildlifetrust

Latika has found the perfect scratching post, garnering the interest of Muwingu, who's perhaps deciding if she's happy about this use of her stockade!

It's lovely to see a happy & healthy Latika, when looking back to the incredibly frail calf we rescued in 2021. Read her story: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/latika

#elephants #babyelephant #animals #animalrescue #wildlife #nature #conservation #kenya #sheldricktrust #sheldrickwildlifetrust

In case you missed the wonderful news: Rescued orphan elephant Murera has become a mum!

Murera was one of the 1st two elephants to move to our Umani Springs Unit - it was built especially for them - and while this day was unimaginable to us 11 yrs ago, it's both fitting and monumental that Murera has become Umani's first mum!

Full story: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/murera-baby-mwana

#elephants #wildlife #nature #babyelephant #sheldricktrust #conservation

In case you missed the wonderful news: Rescued orphan elephant Murera has become a mum!

Murera was one of the 1st two elephants to move to our Umani Springs Unit - it was built especially for them - and while this day was unimaginable to us 11 yrs ago, it's both fitting and monumental that Murera has become Umani's first mum!

Full story: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/murera-baby-mwana

#elephants #wildlife #nature #babyelephant #sheldricktrust #conservation

Now, Murera has her whole future ahead of her, with a beautiful daughter by her side. This is the greatest possible testament to our Orphans’ Project, paving the way for generations of wild elephant families.

Full story: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/murera-baby-mwana

#wildlife #babyelephant #family #nature #conservation #animalrescue #elephants #kenya

RT @ifawglobal: Why do #elephants matter? 💙🐘

As elephants travel across vast landscapes, they disperse seeds through their waste, which, in turn, acts as a fertilizer and increases the abundance of plant species in the ecosystem.

We need elephants, and elephants need #RoomToRoam.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinemep/status/1637061660551643136

Elephants don’t hold back from showing how they feel. They experience a full spectrum of emotions, feeling joy as deeply as they feel grief. They can show compassion, jealousy, throw tantrums & hold grudges. And when they love, those bonds last a lifetime: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/elephant-emotions

#elephants #emotions #love #compassion #nature #wildlife #empathy #animals #kenya

Dame Daphne Sheldrick spent a lifetime dedicated to protecting wildlife.

Our founding matriarch pioneered the milk formula & husbandry to successfully raise neonate elephant calves & black rhinos.

350+ orphans saved & entire species better protected thanks to this trailblazer!

#IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay #StrongWomen #Nature #MotherNature #Elephants #Rhinos #Matriarchs

Elephants have celebrated the power of female leadership for as long as they have walked this earth.

Today, #Internationalwomensday, it feels only fitting to honour 'matriarchs', the backbone of elephant society.

#IWD #IWD2023 #WomensDay #Matriarchs #Elephants #Nature #Wildlife #Leadership

We often say it's Lemeki's world & we just live in it - Joseph can clearly vouch for that!

Rescued as a newborn, during floods in 2018, we are the only family Lemeki's known, and this big-hearted girl has lavished nothing but love on us since coming into our care.

Discover her story at: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/lemeki

#elephants #wildlife #conservation #nature #animals #animalrescue #love #kenya

While the Keepers act as surrogate parents to the orphans, the older rescued elephants can be both siblings & nannies.

As a new day begins, Shujaa is lovingly sandwiched between Kinyei & Kindani as he heads out to the forest to browse.

Discover Shujaa's story, and support his journey, at http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/shujaa

#elephants #wildlife #conservation #animals #animalrescue #kenya #family

RT @AzzedineTDownes: The tragedy of #climate change in #Africa. #Elephants and #wildlife dying. Protecting #biodiversity should be part of the solution, not just a victim of our own inaction. @ifaw #roomtoroam https://www.ifaw.org/press-releases/drought-kenya-kills-thousands-wild-animals

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinemep/status/1630700322917163008