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Leaders in the conservation, rescue, and rewilding of orphaned African elephants and rhinos, bringing 50 years of field experience to wildlife protection and habitat preservation across Kenya.

15/08/2026

Little rhino meets big rhino. Maxwell, our blind Nursery patriarch, rarely has time for young upstart Tytan — but on this day, he was feeling friendly!

SWT foster family, this is just one of the moments covered in our latest monthly update, released today. You’ll find the full story behind this video in the July 31 entry of our Nursery Keepers’ Diaries: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/keepers-diaries/july-2026/nursery-unit/daily

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Our global family of foster parents makes our work possible — thank you for your incredible support!

Want to join our herd? Meet the orphans and find your perfect match: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

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14/08/2026

You’re never too young — or too old — to enjoy a good wallow! While tiny Sullivan had the time of his life in the shallows, seven-year-old Mayan churned up the deep end.

Wallowing is a practical practice for elephants: a thick coat of wet mud, sealed with a dusting of soil, serves as a highly effective sunscreen and insect repellent. But there’s no reason it can’t be fun, too! We love to see our orphans and grandbabies enjoying themselves.

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Mayan and Sullivan are both part of our elephant family: Mayan is an orphan, rescued as a neonate and growing up in our care. Sullivan is an entirely wild calf; his mother, the wonderful Suguta, is another success story raised through our Orphans’ Project.

Meet the orphans currently in our care and support their journeys back to the wild through an adoption: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

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14/08/2026

How it started for Ndotto → how it’s going!

When we rescued Ndotto in 2014, we couldn’t believe her eyes: He was the smallest elephant we had ever seen. We’re not sure how he lost his mother, but the resourceful little orphan inserted himself into the nearest group of similarly sized creatures, which is how he came to be found amongst a herd of sheep and goats. Luckily, he was in sympathetic company, and the rest is history.

Today, Ndotto is 12 years old and leading a wild life in Tsavo East National Park but remains very connected to the family who raised him. He continues to visit us most mornings, popping by to say hello before going about his wild day. When our Voi team wakes up and finds a large elephant peacefully standing outside, they know exactly who it is — sweet Ndotto, enjoying a few home comforts before he’s off again.

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Because of your support, we’re able to give orphaned elephants like Ndotto the family and the wild future they deserve.

To learn more about this special bull’s story, visit: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/ndotto

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Yesterday may have been World Elephant Day, but the work to protect them continues every day. This is our most recent pa...
13/08/2026

Yesterday may have been World Elephant Day, but the work to protect them continues every day. This is our most recent patient: a young adult in the Mara.

Her front leg had been punctured by a shard of wood — a natural injury, but one that could have had lethal implications. Fortunately, the SWT/KWS Mara Mobile Vet Unit, operated in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, was there to answer the call. She is expected to make a complete recovery.

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Learn more about our conservation projects, working across Kenya to secure habitats and save wild lives: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

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13/08/2026

Little Zuri was feeling bright and happy this morning! She was dusting away and wanted Keeper Peter to admire all her impressive trunk skills.

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Zuri today is a night-and-day transformation from the terrified calf we rescued two months ago in a harrowing, nighttime operation. Trapped inside a septic tank, she was found in the nick of time and now has a wonderful, wild future ahead of her.

Learn more about her and perhaps become part of her journey through an adoption: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/zuri

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Closing World Elephant Day on a note of gratitude — for the incredible creatures under our stewardship, the wild landsca...
12/08/2026

Closing World Elephant Day on a note of gratitude — for the incredible creatures under our stewardship, the wild landscapes they call home, and the people who make conservation their life’s work.

In the wild, raising an elephant is a collective endeavour. The same could be said for us. We are the result of many hands and hearts, working in the field and behind the scenes, to protect Kenya’s wildlife and wild spaces.

You are part of that team. Thank you to everyone who follows our stories, contributes to our mission, and has a place in their heart for elephants. None of this would be possible without you.

https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

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This is a legacy of elephant conservation: three generations committed to the species, with more than half a century wor...
12/08/2026

This is a legacy of elephant conservation: three generations committed to the species, with more than half a century working in Kenya’s wild spaces.

Before Daphne Sheldrick, no one had successfully raised an infant orphaned African elephant. Through years of trial and error, hard work and heartbreak, she developed the husbandry and milk formula required to nurture these fragile creatures to adulthood. That pioneering work has grown into the world’s largest and most successful orphaned elephant rescue, rehabilitation, and rewilding programme, built on generations of knowledge and the dedication of remarkable Keepers.

But even as we raised our first orphans, we knew that we had to work much more broadly. Rescuing an elephant is futile if they don’t have a viable life in the wild to work towards. That was the genesis of Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s extensive and equally innovative field projects, which protect wildlife and preserve critical habitats across Kenya.

Today, Angela Sheldrick continues to build upon her parents’ vision, working alongside her husband, Robert Carr-Hartley, sons Taru and Roan, and an extraordinary team of conservationists. Together, we are creating something strong and lasting: conservation carried out on multiple fronts, working in tandem to secure landscapes, save wild lives, address threats facing our natural world, and facilitate coexistence between wildlife and the communities who live alongside them.

Next year marks Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s 50th anniversary — a new chapter in a conservation story that is just getting started.

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Supporters like you are part of this team, helping us write our ongoing conservation story. Learn more about our work and, if you are in a position to give, support our mission in honour of : https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

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12/08/2026

LIVE FROM THE NURSERY: Zuri and Kipekee don’t know it, but today is their special day — the dawn of World Elephant Day! Help Edwin wake up our smallest babies, then join the rest of the Nursery herd out in the forest.

Every elephant you see here is an orphan, rescued from a tragic fate and now growing up in our care. They’re at the very beginning of their journey — one that will lead all the way back to the wild.

But many years, thousands of milk bottles, and endless love lie between here and the wild! Supporters like you help us protect Kenya’s elephants and provide the round-the-clock care every orphan requires. Adopt an elephant today: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

Asante sana — thank you — and happy !

12/08/2026

This is elephant conservation in action: emergency response for nature’s giants.

Prevention, detection, and intervention go hand-in-hand. While we tackle the threats that put elephants in harm’s way, we also answer the call when they need our help.

Every morning, our eyes in the skies and boots on the ground patrol Kenya’s wild spaces, scanning the landscape for threats and searching for ill and injured wildlife. Last year alone, aerial detection averaged 1.98 injured animals per week — including this bull, who had been speared in human-wildlife conflict.*

Our seven SWT/KWS Mobile Veterinary Units, operated in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, provide field treatments for animals across Kenya. To date, they have attended more than 4,100 elephant cases — saving thousands of wild lives through their intervention.

*This treatment was successful and the bull made a complete recovery.

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Tune in later for another side of elephant conservation, in the countdown to  .

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Supporters like you make our work possible. Learn about our conservation projects and support our mission: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

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