#elephant orphans

[rjzimmerman]

Elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, including a little guy (2 1/2 years old) who has a prosthetic leg. About four minutes.

[rjzimmerman]

r.e.s.c.u.e. Feeding hungry elephants can be quite the juggling act. Luckily the Reteti keepers are the best in the biz! (And that it only happens eight times per day, right?) Photo by @amivitale

[rjzimmerman]

A lot of these scenes will be familiar to you, as they are to me. But it’s powerful when several of them are jammed into one short video, showing the work done by raise orphaned baby elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. They’ve raised hundreds of orphans. They may not know it, but these men are our ambassadors to the African elephants.

[iriniasteri]

Offering

Watercolour & pencil crayon on paper, ( 22″ x 30″ ), model/Paulina, 2017

Irene A. Asteri

[marriedwithoutborders-blog]

Next up on the clock with the 13th pick...

13.  KENYA:  Beth

We spent a few days in Nairobi for a friend’s wedding celebration, and we got to visit an elephant orphanage to see baby elephants (OMG! Squee!!) but would love to explore more of this beautiful country and its incredible wildlife.

Previous KENYA entries

[worldelephantday]

Elephant Who Lost Everything Helps Other Orphans Overcome Their Pain

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[turquoise111]

Neat little documentary about an elephant orphanage run by a woman who has been taking care of abandoned baby elephants for 30 years. Most of them have lots their parents to hunters :(

[shazzarazza1]

Keepers of the Kingdom

The objective of Keepers of the Kingdom is to introduce to the world the elephant keepers helping baby elephants orphaned by poaching, and inspire a surge of ongoing global support for their work.

Keepers of the Kingdom was originally published on Shazzarazza - Trends in art, design, pop culture and news