{"id":54360,"date":"2021-08-19T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=54360"},"modified":"2021-08-19T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:32:44","slug":"sheldrick-wildlife-trust-and-elephant-orphanage-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2021\/08\/19\/sheldrick-wildlife-trust-and-elephant-orphanage-in-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One might have thought that we had seen enough elephants during our safari considering that we saw hundreds of them, but we were actually excited to visit the elephant orphanage in Nairobi. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is dedicated to rescuing orphaned elephants and rhinos, raising them and possibly rehabilitating them, and then returning them to the wild. The baby elephants come from all of the various national parks and animal reserves where, unfortunately, poaching still sometimes occur leaving the elephants orphaned or sometimes they become orphaned for other reasons. Pretty much every baby animal is cute and adorable, but baby elephants are especially cute and precocious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just Like a Kid Pushing a Friend into the Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Handler Checking on an Elephant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wrestling Elephants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even Young Elephants are Big<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the time of our visit, it was very important to make your reservations in advance as the orphanage is only open for a single hour with a limited number of guests able to visit. Although the orphanage did have a single baby rhinoceros at the time, they did not bring him out as it would be too overwhelming for him and they were concerned of how he might react. The baby elephants on the other hand didn’t mind the people at all and some went over to get petted and a particularly curious elephant kept leaving the roped off area to mingle amongst the people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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