Wait for it… Sagala absolutely nailed her brand new baby’s debut! Right after giving birth, she headed to our Voi stockades so she could share the moment with her human-elephant family. As you can see, the dependent orphans were delighted to meet their new baby ‘cousin.’ Not so long ago, Sagala was a dependent orphan herself. Although she is now living wild, she remains deeply bonded to the people who rescued and raised her for the better part of a decade. We are so thrilled and honoured that sh

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Loldaiga is one of our newest rescues, but he has his morning routine all figured out! As is a time-honoured tradition among our Nursery orphans, he potters out of his bedroom and promptly checks his neighbours’ stockades for any leftover greens. This little chap comes from the Lolldaiga Hills, north of Mount Kenya, an area badly affected by the drought. He had been observed on his own for about a week and was clearly struggling to survive. We had to tread carefully with Loldaiga, giving him amp