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Latest News & Updates:

1. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s 2011 Newsletter and The release of An African Love Story
   
   

   

2. A photographic Exhibition with proceeds to benefit the conservation work of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - 5/12/2012

   The G2 Gallery presents Wild on Earth featuring Piper Mackay. A stunning set of emotional images captures a range of African wildlife including elephants, zebras, and cheetahs by Piper Mackay. (read more)

A TRULY UNIQUE GIFT FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE

UMANI SPRINGS - Read More

3. Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick to talk at the American Natural History Museum in New York, May 8th, live on the internet - 5/2/2012

   We are excited to share the news that Dame Daphne Sheldrick has been invited to give a talk at the American Natural History Museum (AMNH) in New York on May 8th 2012. (read more)

4. The Rescue of Barsilinga - 5/1/2012

   Gunshots were heard during the evening of 13th April 2012 by the community of the Lpus-La-Mpasion area near Wamba in the Samburu tribal area of Northern Kenya. (read more)

Foster an orphan elephant A gift that not only helps save a life but also bequeaths to the recipient an endearing icon that will be both educational and appealing.  This is a living gift of a wonderful animal, the largest mammal on earth, and a gift that enables someone to become a part of the life of the elephant of your choice.

5. The Boni and the Leopard Cub - 4/29/2012

   The Boni tribe are a forest-dwelling hunter-gatherer tribe who traditionally hunt with bows and arrows, trapping animals and eating edible roots and berries. (read more)

6. The Death of Maralal - 4/25/2012

   Another Nursery Baby lost - one more tiny grave in the Park forest behind the Elephant Stockades at our Nairobi Elephant Nursery - yet more sadness and desperation, but another page that must be turned on another day in order to focus on the living, as do the elephants themselves. (read more)

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The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a small flexible charity, established in memory of David Sheldrick, famous Naturalist and founder Warden of Kenya's giant Tsavo East National Park in which he served from 1948 until 1976. 

Since its inception in 1977 the Trust has played an extremely significant and important role in Kenya's conservation effort.  Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick along with Six Trustees assisted by an Advisory Committee of practical Naturalists with a lifetime experience of African conditions oversee and direct the operations of the Trust.

Helping save the lives of orphaned Elephants and Rhinos who are ultimately released back into the wild is just some of the many wildlife commitments The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is involved in.  The Trust runs seven full time Desnaring teams, two mobile Veterinary Units, and is active in a Community Outreach Program along with working with the communities in an educational capactiry locally,  and through articles for the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, the Press and Radio Programs.  The Trust has also provided advanced training in wildlife management for promising students. 

The Trust continues to provide a blueprint for the welfare of animals in captivity and, in the case of elephants, illustrated the sophistication of their communication and their social needs.  It has perpetuated vital field knowledge and experience that would otherwise have been lost, and made it available to all national parks in East Africa and many beyond.

The Trust provides continual support for The Kenyan Wildlife Service through our Desnaring efforts within the Tsavo Ecosystem and the Mobile Veterinary Units, but also through support of security fuel, and electrically fencing sensitive National Park boundaries, alleviating human wildlife conflict.  The Trust supports indigenous tree nurseries, and water projects in both Tsavo National Park and in the bordering community areas.

This web site contains valuable information concerning Elephant & Rhino Conservation, elephant emotion, the orphans who have been raised by us, and much more.

'Saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people. Greed and personal gain must not be permitted to decimate, despoil and destroy the earth's irreplaceable treasure for its existence is essential to the human spirit and the well-being of the earth as a whole. All life has just one home - the earth - and we as the dominant species must take care of it.'   

Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick