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The following is ICHOLTA's
Orphan Profile.
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Quick Facts about
ICHOLTA
| Gender |
Female |
Date of Birth |
August 1999 |
| Location Found |
Marsabit |
| Age on Arrival |
2 Weeks old |
| Comments on Place Found |
Found in stuck in a drying water hole near the Marsabit mountain |
| Reason for being Orphaned |
Stuck in Mud |
Estimated to have been 6 weeks old when orphaned, and therefore born in August 1999, this little female elephant, comes from far-off legendary Marsabit Mountain, where a once beautiful mist forest harbouring many endemic plants and birds struggles to survive the depredation of a burgeoning human population. Icholta was rescued from the mud of a drying waterhole of that name, where she was bogged and abandoned by her herd who were unable to risk venturing in to pull her free. She was minute for her age, with soft fuzz on her head and body, but also with good coordination, so we guessed her to be older than she looked. She became very emaciated cutting her first molars in the Nairobi Nursery, and we were fearful that she might not be able to pull through, but she did.
Today is a very friendly and loving character, with a beautiful face, charming disposition and deep brown eyes fringed with long lashes; a great favourite with all the other elephants as well as her Keepers .
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