Baby elephants are a lot like dominos — one falls down, they all tumble down! (This is — you guessed it — our Umani kindergarten class: Lenny, Sulwe, and Zigi, while nanny Kiasa tries to maintain some order) — These babies are ‘grandchildren’ of our Orphans’ Project: Their mothers were orphaned when they were just babies themselves and raised in our care. Now, they are all grown up and nurturing their own families in the wild. Meet the 79 known ‘grandchildren’ born to our Orphans’ Project: sheld

It’s not every day that you see two elephants strolling down a community road, escorted by a helicopter overhead. But that’s what it took to give these bulls safe passage home. We’re at the height of the dry season — resources are scarce, and elephants increasingly venture out of the park in search of food and water. When these bulls found themselves in community land, Tsavo’s communities knew who to call. The Kenya Wildlife Service responded on the ground while the SWT helicopter mobilised from