New Keepers don't just have to impress us – they have to impress the herd. When someone joins on a trial basis, we watch and wait. If the elephants embrace them, we have our answer. For a peek into the world of our guardians in green: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/fieldnotes/november-2023

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Alia is finding her feet at the Nairobi Nursery — quietly watching from the back of the herd, but already forming bonds with gentle Daba, nurturing Sileita, and welcoming Wamata and Taroha. Second chances look good on her. sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...

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Before Mzinga was one of the Nairobi Nursery's big sisters, she was a blanketed baby found alone in the Tsavo wilderness — and she's never been alone since. She fought hard to survive her traumatic past, she is proving to be a nurturing nanny: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...

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We have such exciting news to share! Our first grandkid of 2026 made her debut yesterday — Arruba gave birth to a beautiful baby girl! More to come, but we couldn’t wait to celebrate this special moment! We rescued Arruba in 2013, when she was just a tiny baby herself: swt.bio/arruba

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Exciting news! This week, Kerrio, Latika, and Kamili graduated to our Umani Springs Reintegration Unit. Our Nursery big girls were growing up fast and we knew Umani would be the right place for them to continue their journey back to the wild. This is the overwhelming welcome they received!

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