Baby elephants are very curious - one might even say nosy. While some of the orphans in our care flop right down and go to sleep at night, others take a while to settle. This time, its Kinyei who isn’t ready to call it a night, instead enjoying a surreptitious slurp from the pail as a nightcap. You might also spy freshly-cut branches and a ball in her stable, offering fun and food during the night in equal measure. Kinyei is one of 263 orphaned elephants alive today thanks to our Orphans' Projec

Tytan is nosing his way into the perfect nap spot! A little scratch, a little stretch, and he’s ready for a long afternoon kip. — Tytan just joined our foster program. As a gift for yourself or someone special, you can his journey back to the wild — and help us provide the specialised, round-the-clock care every orphan deserves — through an adoption: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/tytan | Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

A very special new arrival is just about ready to join our foster program — we can’t wait for you to meet him! As you can see, our Nursery Welcoming Committee is making sure he feels right at home. Hint: He’s not an elephant ☺︎ Watch this space — and our foster parents will be the first to know via email! sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans —— © Sheldrick Wildlife Trust #SheldrickTrust #SWT | Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Happy World Elephant Day! Every day is #WorldElephantDay at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust! Go behind the scenes of our Orphans' Project at our elephant Nursery in Nairobi National Park, and then become a part of the orphans' daily routine by donating some essential, everyday items. Keeper's dust coat: www.thedswt.org/dust-coat Plastic milk bottles: www.thedswt.org/milk-bottles Tin of powdered milk: www.thedswt.org/tin-milk Spread the word this World Elephant Day and please share this video

The past few months have been a period like no other for wildlife and the Sheldrick Trust. Poor rains earlier this year drove a very long dry season in the Tsavo Conservation Area and, without substantial rainfall to sustain them, wildlife reached a crisis point. We are now quite literally bursting at the seams with new rescues, some of them of the pachyderm kind like this floppy-eared baby, while others are horned and hoofed. Today, we invite you to go behind the scenes to meet some of the newl

The Ithumba Big Boys Rapsu, Challa and Zurura are among several orphan bulls we have rescued, hand-raised and reintegrated back into the protected wild from our Ithumba Reintegration Unit. At the time of their respective rescues, they barely reached the waists of our Keepers. Now, they are wild-living and tower over the other orphans and their human family on their periodic visits to their former home – our Ithumba Reintegration Unit. The successful return back to the wild of these gentle giants

This Giving Tuesday, your generosity goes twice as far ✨ Thanks to generous philanthropic partners, all donations and adoptions made today will be MATCHED, up to $800,000. But we can’t meet our goal without you. If you’ve been waiting to support our conservation work, today is the day! Every orphan in our care represents a second chance and a promise to future generations. But our work extends far beyond individual rescues. By donating today, you empower us to enhance our conservation capabiliti