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Heavy clouds obscured the sky as the orphans left the stockades. Despite the weather they were in a jovial mood, swinging their trunks from side to side. They had a dustbath before Ithumbah led them out to the Kone area to browse. By noon the temperatures were soaring and the orphans had a lovely mudbath after which Kilaguni and Tumaren had a scratch before they all headed back to the browsing fields.

Once out of their stockades Tumaren and Suguta scratched against the nearby rocks while Kilaguni rolled around on the ground having a dustbath. The keepers led the orphans to the Kanziku area to browse before going to the mudwallow. They had a lovely long mudbath before they each found an acacia tree to scratch against.

The orphans left the stockades early browsing in the fields until 11am at which time they made their way to the mudwallow. Kilaguni and Sabachi were extremely active today and have fun showing off all of their mudbathing skills. The orphans then had a drink at the water trough were they were joined by Yatta followed by Selengai, Kinna, Wendi, Taita, Buchuma and Napasha. Wendi headed straight for Ithumbah placing her trunk on Ithumbah’s back. The two groups were joined by a wild group among them was a one tusked mother and her three calves.

Once out of the stockades the orphans had fun running around dashing in and out of the nearby thickets. Sabachi and Kilaguni engaged one another in strength testing games after which the orphans headed to Kanziku to browse for the morning before going to the mudbath for their noon milk feed. The afternoon was spent relaxing and browsing on the slopes of Ithumba hill. In the evening all the ex orphans, with the exception of Ndomot, visited the stockades.

The orphans had a scratching session on the rocks before settling down to browse. At the mudbath Ithumbah had fun rubbing herself against Kilaguni who had lying in the mudwallow. Tumaren had a lovely time wallowing in the deepest part of the mudbath. Suguta was enjoying rolling around on the ground as Melia, who was scratching against a tree, watched her. Later in the evening four wild bulls came to the stockade water trough for a drink.

The orphans were greeted by a cold day as they headed out to browse. At 9am Kilaguni, Sabachi and Ithumbah stopped browsing to have a dustbath on a stream bank. Due to the cool weather none of the orphans partook of the mudbath.

The sky was clear as the orphans headed out for the day, an indication that the temperatures would be soaring. Kilaguni and Sabachi, the only two boys among the youngsters, spent some time locked in a pushing game with each other. A long mudbath was had after which the orphans settled under the trees for a scratch before going back to the bush to browse.

Suguta and Melia began the morning by scratching against the rocks while Sabachi and Kilaguni engaged each other in a pushing game. The keepers led the orphans out and they spent the day browsing stopping only for a cooling wallow in a nearby mudbath.

A golden sunrise greeted the orphans this morning as left their stockades. Kilaguni and Sabachi had a pushing contest of which Sabachi was the victor. The day was once again hot and the orphans had a lovely long mudwallow before going back to the fields to browse.