David Sheldrick Elephant Orphange

Orphan Elephants

This link contains photos from the National Geographic of orphaned elephants at  the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Nursery in Kenya. I can honestly say that each photograph touched my heart, most notably the first one of baby Shukuru been kept warm by the keepers in the rain.
I remember Michaela Strachan going to either this Elephant Nursery or one like it. She spent the days following the keepers around as they cared for the orphaned animals; it was heart breaking to watch newly abandoned elephants to enter the reserve but heart warming when they finally found their place in the mini herd of baby elephants before moving on to the "adult" tribe. The keepers shephered the elephants everywhere, caring for them as children, even sleeping next to them at night.

I may be a softy but who couldn't be in the face of these pictures. You remember that list of adventures I had? Well visiting a truly inspiring place like this is at the top.