A morning with our Ithumba Orphans and Head Keeper Benjamin

At 6am this morning, 7th October 2021, we were filming at our Ithumba Reintegration Unit, so that we could bring our supporters a 'pseudo live' from this remote area in Tsavo East National Park.
Kirsty joins Head Keeper Benjamin and together they introduce us to some of the 32 dependent orphans at Ithumba, as well as Mutara, a now wild-living orphan who's popped back to visit with her herd. It's a wonderful insight into what mornings look like in Ithumba, we hope you enjoy it.
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Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, rescuing and hand-rearing orphaned elephants and other animals that have lost their mothers, all too often as a result of human activity. But we do much more than this. Through our Aerial, Anti-Poaching and Mobile Veterinary Units, we safeguard the natural environment and provide immediate assistance to wild animals in need. We also secure irreplaceable wilderness areas so that animals will always have space to roam and work with local partners and communities to ensure people and wildlife can live alongside one another.
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