Kenya Elephant Orphanage, named David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in English, was initiated by Daphne on 1987 and established by David Sheldrick Wildlife Foundation. Daphne's husband is David Sheldrick, a very famous naturalist and manager of Chavo National Park. He died of a heart attack in 1977. Nairobi Elephant Orphanage is the most successful public welfare organization in the world to rescue and treat elephant orphans. Elephant orphans here come from all over Kenya. Some of their parents were killed by poachers, some were trapped in dry water sources due to drought, and some lost their loved ones because of conflicts with humans. These elephants are taken good care of in the orphanage. When they are cured and their condition is stable, they will be sent to Tsavo National Park more than 0/00 miles away from/kloc. There they will gradually adapt to the wild life and eventually be released into nature.
The "Elephant Orphanage" is open to the public for one hour every day, allowing tourists from all over the world to get in close contact with elephants. In addition to raising funds, it is more important to spread the concept of protecting elephants to more people, especially children. 1 1, 10 in the morning, the elephant, led by the orphanage staff, came to the activity area to meet the tourists. In the square, the elephants gulped down the extra-large bottles in the hands of the staff, and each elephant drank his two bottles of "lunch" to the last drop. After dinner, they either stroll casually or play in the mud pit. From time to time, they roll up clods on the ground with their noses and throw them on their bodies to "take a bath". Some elephants also kicked the ball on the ground to tourists who were busy taking pictures outside the venue, waiting for the ball to be kicked back with great interest, and then kicked it naughty.
When entering the "orphanage", the staff has reminded every child who comes to visit. "Don't get too excited when you see the baby elephant. Try not to be too loud so as not to scare them. " However, children, even adult tourists, can't help but give a surprise when they see the naive elephant. Covering their mouths, they tried to keep their laughter to a minimum, and soft admiration was intertwined with the excited chirping of the elephant.
Around the staff wearing "green coats", the children began to ask all kinds of questions: "Do they like dessert?" "Will they be better than anyone else?" ..... The staff smiled and answered them one by one, and introduced the characteristics and hobbies of each elephant to the visitors in detail. Half an hour later, the elephants lined up again and paced away. Once in a while, a baby elephant "falls behind" and the older leading female elephant will run back and bring it back to the team. In the next half hour, 10 elephants appeared again.
Every day, more than 400 tourists from all over the world come to the "orphanage" to see the baby elephant. There are many tourists in the dry season suitable for tourism from June to September every year. The orphanage also encourages tourists to adopt an elephant: for 50 dollars, you can adopt an elephant baby thousands of miles away and keep abreast of its situation on the website operated by the orphanage.
Selena, an Australian tourist, adopted a baby elephant named Dida last year. Dida's mother died under the gun of poachers. When he came to the orphanage in 2007, he was only 4 weeks old. Today, Dida has got rid of loneliness and grown into a "matriarch" among elephants. Selena, who visited the orphanage again, was very excited and kept showing the photos of Dida to the surrounding tourists.