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1. Can't talk about why I was gone yet (work-related!)
But on the way home, I made a stop in Kenya to see my (our) angels
Hadn't visited Kenya since 2016...so nice to be back
Follow along this thread with updated videos/photos and please consider supporting @SheldrickTrust!
But on the way home, I made a stop in Kenya to see my (our) angels
Hadn't visited Kenya since 2016...so nice to be back
Follow along this thread with updated videos/photos and please consider supporting @SheldrickTrust!
2. At the @SheldrickTrust stockades in Tsavo East National Park...sneaky boy Murit tries to get an extra milk bottle (notice his trunk)!
Pika Pika -- who was just rescued -- slides in to try and charm her way into another bottle as well!
Foster them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Pika Pika -- who was just rescued -- slides in to try and charm her way into another bottle as well!
Foster them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
3. At the @SheldrickTrust nursery in Nairobi National Park, Kiasa, who is the resident rascal, has been caught by a keeper trying to sneak off without permission
The keepers are always gentle with the orphans
Foster one (or more) orphans. Just $50/year: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
The keepers are always gentle with the orphans
Foster one (or more) orphans. Just $50/year: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
4. Over at the @SheldrickTrust stockades in Tsavo West, Loijuk, a former orphan who has reintegrated into the wild, has brought her first born, Lili, to see the keepers
Baby Lili was fascinated by the keepers but always kept her distance
Foster orphans: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Baby Lili was fascinated by the keepers but always kept her distance
Foster orphans: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
5. The 
equivalent of picking up your friends to go out
After having their bottles at 5PM, Zongoloni picks up the boys Ziwa, Faraja, & Ngasha to spend the night in the bush w/o keepers
This is their choice & part of reintegration process
Foster Them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
equivalent of picking up your friends to go outAfter having their bottles at 5PM, Zongoloni picks up the boys Ziwa, Faraja, & Ngasha to spend the night in the bush w/o keepers
This is their choice & part of reintegration process
Foster Them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
6. Zoom in...see all those ?
There are current orphans & ex-orphans
Benjamin, the head keeper at the @SheldrickTrust Ithumba unit, oversaw the raising of each one of those (& many more)
He's very proud of them.
Foster an orphan as a holiday gift: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
? There are current orphans & ex-orphans
Benjamin, the head keeper at the @SheldrickTrust Ithumba unit, oversaw the raising of each one of those
(& many more)He's very proud of them.
Foster an orphan as a holiday gift: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
7. learn to become moms by babysitting babies in their herds
The big you see panicking is an ex-orphan named Makena
Makena was put in charge of babysitting Lili. She's upset because she thought she had lost Lili.
You can hear her former keeper say "the baby has gone"
learn to become moms by babysitting babies in their herdsThe big
you see panicking is an ex-orphan named MakenaMakena was put in charge of babysitting Lili. She's upset because she thought she had lost Lili.
You can hear her former keeper say "the baby has gone"
8. For those of you worrying about baby Lili & Makena, watch the footage, she caught up with her!
But here is the earlier footage of baby Lili leaving the waterhole with her mom ex-orphan Loijuk
Makena got distracted & didn't keep up with her babysitting duties!
She'll learn!
But here is the earlier footage of baby Lili leaving the waterhole with her mom ex-orphan Loijuk
Makena got distracted & didn't keep up with her babysitting duties!
She'll learn!
9. That big 14-year-old girl (weighing thousands of pounds) in tweet #7 who is panicked over losing the baby she was babysitting...here she is when she first arrived at the nursery when she was just a few months old!
Support @SheldrickTrust: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Support @SheldrickTrust: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
10. Everything you see here, plus another 250,000 acres, home to millions of animals, is protected from human settlement & the lumber industry, thanks to orgs like @SheldrickTrust
This land is where your beloved orphans will live eventually
Donate Here: http://bit.ly/2QjbONR
This land is where your beloved orphans will live eventually
Donate Here: http://bit.ly/2QjbONR
11. Luggard has every reason to despise human beings...but he couldn't be any sweeter
He is 4 now, but when he was just a few months old, he lost his mother & was shot twice
That's why he walks w/ a limp today at @SheldrickTrust orphanage
Adopt Luggard: http://bit.ly/2tPar23
He is 4 now, but when he was just a few months old, he lost his mother & was shot twice
That's why he walks w/ a limp today at @SheldrickTrust orphanage
Adopt Luggard: http://bit.ly/2tPar23
12. Little Roho was rescued just two months ago by @SheldrickTrust after his mom likely died at the hand's of poachers
Since he is so young and still dealing with the trauma from losing his mom, Roho likes to cozy up with the older girls
Adopt him here: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Since he is so young and still dealing with the trauma from losing his mom, Roho likes to cozy up with the older girls
Adopt him here: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
13. Even if Roho didn't cozy up with the older girls, they would want to be close to him
adore babies and female learn how to be moms by babysitting (nanny) babies
And keep in mind these older girls are still toddlers themselves!
Adopt them here: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
adore babies and female learn how to be moms by babysitting (nanny) babiesAnd keep in mind these older girls are still toddlers themselves!
Adopt them here: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
14. Normally, Kiasa is the nursery rascal...constantly stirring up drama and causing chaos
But she has taken her nanny/babysitting role with Roho quite seriously
Kiasa can be found giving Roho trunk hugs and standing next to him should he need anything!
http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
But she has taken her nanny/babysitting role with Roho quite seriously
Kiasa can be found giving Roho trunk hugs and standing next to him should he need anything!
http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
15. Faraja is 7-years-old, weighs thousands of pounds, & has already started the reintegration process by spending nights out in the wild away from the @SheldrickTrust Umani Springs orphanage
But despite all that he’s still a big baby who wants love & affection from his keepers
But despite all that he’s still a big baby who wants love & affection from his keepers
16. 6 AM at @SheldrickTrust Ithumba
Over 30 current orphans are behind the gates getting their milk bottles and preparing for a day in the bush
Outside, the most adorable sight.
A group of ex-orphans who now live in the wild have shown up to join their old pals for the day
Over 30 current orphans are behind the gates getting their milk bottles and preparing for a day in the bush
Outside, the most adorable sight.
A group of ex-orphans who now live in the wild have shown up to join their old pals for the day
17. Tsavo National Park has never been this green.
The @SheldrickTrust orphans and ex-orphans are in heaven as they have so many greens to pick from as they browse first thing in the morning.
Support their future by adopting an elephant orphan(s):
http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
The @SheldrickTrust orphans and ex-orphans are in heaven as they have so many greens to pick from as they browse first thing in the morning.
Support their future by adopting an elephant orphan(s):
http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
18. The @SheldrickTrust Umani Springs unit is where the compromised/disabled orphans go to start their reintegration process into the wild
Quanza was just 1 when she witnessed her entire family killed by poachers
Muerera was just 2 when she stepped on a poacher's poison spikes
Quanza was just 1 when she witnessed her entire family killed by poachers
Muerera was just 2 when she stepped on a poacher's poison spikes
19. The Umani Springs unit is a gentler environment for these @SheldrickTrust orphans who have been through so much at a young age
The orphans here are quite special. They understand the pain of their fellow orphans and support each other
Support Them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
The orphans here are quite special. They understand the pain of their fellow orphans and support each other
Support Them: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
20. When Muerera was 2 she lost her mom and stepped on poisoned spikes left by poachers. The spikes left her in a great deal of pain and she barely survived
Today, at 10, she walks with a limp and is the matriarch of the Umani Springs orphans
Adopt Her: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Today, at 10, she walks with a limp and is the matriarch of the Umani Springs orphans
Adopt Her: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
21. Some of the elephant orphans of the @SheldrickTrust at the Voi Stockades in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park.
Adopt one (or more) orphans today, just $50 a year and you get detailed monthly updates on your orphan: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
Adopt one (or more) orphans today, just $50 a year and you get detailed monthly updates on your orphan: http://bit.ly/2ETkWDz
