The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Daphne Sheldrick (as part of the David Sheldrick Conservation Foundation) rehabilitates orphaned baby elephants and other wildlife here at her home just outside of Nairobi National Park. These babies have lost their mothers to poaching, death, injuries, on getting lost in the wild or other tragedies. Daphne and her dedicated staff raise them to be released back into the wild when they are ready. This orphanage takes them in and each elephant is assigned a trainer who tries to bring the elephant out of its trauma so it can socialize back into the herd. If the elephant is not sociable, a new herd will not accept it. The trainer is with the elephant 24/7 and even sleeps with it. Once the staff feels it is ready to be released back into the wild, the trainer and the elephant go back into the wild and try to find the elephant a herd who will accept it.