How do orphan elephants live in a shelter in Kenya, and why it is so important to save them

Reteti Elephant Orphanage is located in northern Kenya and covers 975 thousand acres. Small elephants live here, who would have previously been left in the wild to the will of fate. Now, the orphaned kids are trying in every possible way to save and go out.

Most of the cubs getting here became orphans through the fault of the poachers who killed their mothers. Therefore, shelter employees have to teach all skills to elephants, because small giants do not even know how to find food on their own.

This elephant Shiba is two years old, she soon became the main in the group.

For elephants, a mud bath is like for us a sunscreen and insect repellent in one bottle.

For many years, the relations of people with elephants here were extremely tense. Locals considered these animals to be pests that destroy their crops and buildings. Fortunately, now the people living here have come together and defended the elephants living next to them.

Most of the time spent by the caretakers of the shelter is spent on feeding elephants. Eating at larger ears should be repeated every 3 hours.

The cubs at the shelter are taught everything that they need to know in the wild, because one day they will return to freedom, where they can reunite with their herds.

As you know, in nature there are no superfluous elements, everything is interconnected here. Elephants in this intricate mechanism play the role of some ecosystem “engineers,” and a decrease in their numbers cannot but affect all the other inhabitants of these places. Eating small trees and shrubs, powerful giants thereby contribute to the growth of grass, which will undoubtedly attract ungulates. And after them come predatory cats: lions, cheetahs, leopards and others ...

Watch the video: GoPro: Orphan Elephants From Kenya (March 2024).

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