The following is information on the Elephant Orphan named: TUMAREN  (foster now)

Latest Updates on TUMAREN:

• 7/22/2009 - The rescue of Tumaren

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6/16/2010 - It was another very cloudy and cold morning, so the babies had to have heavy blankets to keep them warm, Sities, Mawenzi and Turkwel with the heaviest ones. Sities and Shukuru led the column out into the bush with Melia and Mawenzi bringing up the rear. Olare and Kalama began a rolling game, joined by Melia and Kibo and later, Tumaren who inadvertently stepped on Kibo’s tail. Kibo was furious and jumped up, head butting Tumaren, who almost fell down and thereafter engaging her in a fight, until Olare separated the two.

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Tumaren in her stockade photo taken on 8/19/2009	Tumaren upon arrival at the Nursery photo taken on 8/19/2009

ORPHAN PROFILE FOR: TUMAREN (foster now)

Zoom / Enlarge 5pm on the 20th of July brought a call for Kerry Glen of Tumaren Ranch in Laikipia that a baby elephant had been seen by a dying mother, with no other elephants around. The mother elephant appeared paralyzed, possibly poisoned but the reason was uncertain.       The decision was made to capture the calf, since the mother was obviously beyond recovery. Kerry Glen and Jamie, along with the ranch workers captured the calf, fearing that it would not survive the death of its mother, since predators were prevalent on the ranch, and her mother was later euthanased by KWS. She was taken to their home, where Jamie remained near the calf in an adjoining room all night. It was a sleepless and very disturbed ordeal, because the distraught baby, cried all night for her mother, and even tried desperately to climb through a window.          The calf was flown to the Nairobi Nursery on the 21st July 2009 arriving at noon. She was still strong and aggressive (a good sign denoting the will to live and the reserves to make an effort), but she soon calmed down once the other Nursery elephants were brought in to impart hope and encouragement. The other orphans gave her a warm welcome, and immediately she responded, turning into a very affectionate member of the herd, calm and friendly to both her elephant orphan peers and their human family.          We named the new arrival “Tumaren” to denote her origin. She is about 10 months old and becomes the 22nd member of our Nursery herd of mini orphans ever partaking of the mudbath along with the others. An enchanting addition to the group, popular with the other elephants as well as her human admirers.

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