Rescue of orphaned elephant Lemeki | Sheldrick Trust

Mercurial weather is a fact of life in Kenya, but the floods of early 2018 sent the country into a watery crisis. Amidst all this turmoil, we received a startling call on the morning of 20th March: While on patrol, Mara Elephant Project scouts spotted a creature bobbing among the angry whitecaps of the Mara River. Upon closer glance, they discovered it was a tiny baby elephant, no more than a week old. Braving the swirling water, they plucked the sodden creature to safety. As soon as we received the report, we scrambled a helicopter to complete the rescue. We called the calf Lemeki, in honour of the area near where she was found.

Read the full story of Lemeki's rescue and recovery: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/lemeki

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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