The Rescue of Sasab | Sheldrick Trust

** Update: Tragically we lost Sasab on the 8th December after he began teething and suffered a deadly bout of gastro enteritis. He will be sorely missed by his elephant Nursery peers, his many foster-parents, and most of all by us and his loving Keepers who struggled so hard to save him. Read more: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/the-sad-passing-of-sasab

Sasab's rescue:
We received a call early in the morning of November 8th about a tiny elephant calf that had been rescued within the West Gate Community Conservancy having been robbed of his family by the flood waters of the Ewaso Niro river. Early that same morning a community guard named 'Hospitali' happened upon this tiny calf grappling in the fast flowing flood waters, obviously having been washed, tumbled and bumped down river by the raging torrent.

'Hospitali' pulled the calf to the safety of dry land, and once the tiny baby had regained his strength, walked the calf the ½ kilometer to Sasaab Lodge where 'Hospitali' works. Ali and Tony Allport, the managers of Sasaab Lodge, contacted the Kenya Wildlife Service Senior Warden for the district reporting the plight of the tiny calf. Locating the calf's herd in this vast area, with no idea of how far downstream he had even been swept was clearly not an option, and so it was decided that he required the support of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

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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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