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Gender  Female Date of Birth  November 2000
Location Found  Rukinga Ranch - Maungu
Age on Arrival  8 Months old
Comments on Place Found  Fell into a Pipeline Man hold near to Maungu town
Reason for being Orphaned  Man Made Cause for Separation

On Tuesday 25th September 2001 at 9.25 AM a message was relayed through KWS that an elephant calf had fallen into an open water pipeline manhole near Maungu town, about 30 km South East of Tsavo East Park headquarters. A team of keepers led by Dr. Samuel Kasiki immediately left for rescue of this calf and on arrival at the scene we found a group of villagers gathered around the hole and trying to comfort the helpless baby. We learned from the residents that the calf fell into the hole the previous night when a herd of elephants had visited the area for a drink. Attempts by the mother, and perhaps other relatives, to get it out must have been futile and the group left at the break of day. No elephants were seen any where close to the scene at early morning.


The hole into which the calve fell, a concrete structure measuring 5ft x 2½ft and 5½ft, is one of the many safety valves along the Mzima water pipeline usually filed with leaking water. These water points attract many elephant herds as well as other wildlife, especially during the dry season. When we arrived only the calf’s head was visible above the water and she was struggling to stay afloat and get out, bruising her forehead, back and rump in the process. A keeper got into the hole and passed a soft belt rope under its chest and hind quarters, and with the help of the villagers we pulled the calf out. She weighed about 400 kilos and it took about 45 minutes to get her out, after which we loaded her to the park of a Pick Up truck and immediately drove to the stockades for further first aid and treatment of the wounds.


Other than the apparently superficial wounds on her body, the calf looked healthy and strong, and she has settled down well. She is a female aged about one and a half years. We already have another elephant rescued form the same hole on the 22nd of June 2001 called Maungu, and Ndara from day one struck up a very close friendship with Maungu, they probably came from the same herd, both meeting a similar fate. These two baby females are inseparable.

 


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