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During her midday feed, Enkesha seems to always enjoy drinking water straight out the hose pipe. Today, Emoli tried to share this water with her but Enkesha protested by charging the young bull and pushing him away. Whilst Emoli and Enkesha were busy disagreeing, Maisha managed to grab the hose but only for a brief second as Enkesha quickly came charging back. 

Malima, who can often be quite naughty and playful, is still very protective and motherly over Larro. This afternoon, whilst in the forest, Larro began to trumpet loudly, as she often would without just cause. Malima immediately came rushing over to see what had happened and to protect her adopted baby by pushing and kicking any of the orphans that were around her before taking her away.  

Malima really loves little Larro and continues to remain protective of her, which Larro seems to be very aware of. However, being the youngest orphan in the herd Larro will orphan trumpet or get a fright for no reason at all and today was such a case. Whilst the orphans were out in the bush Larro burst into a loud trumpet whilst Malima was some meters away from her. Poor Emoli, who was standing next to Larro at the time, got charged away by Malima who came to her rescue, fearing that someone was bullying her. During their 9am milk feeding time, Kiasa was up to her usual mischievous ways and seemed to really disturb Kuishi who began to push Kiasa away. 

During their 11am feeding, Tamiyoi, Emoli, Maisha and Enkesha enjoyed a long wallow in the mud bath. Kiasa and Musiara ended up joining them towards the end of their feeding time. When it was time for the younger group of orphans to head back into the bush, Musiara did not want to get out of the mud and had to be pushed out by the Keepers. 

The Nursery was in shock this morning with the devastating loss of Maarifa. It is difficult for us to comprehend the events which happened so quickly and so unexpectedly, as she was thriving in our care, doted on by her ever attentive Keepers and very much the boss of the Nursery compound enchanting all who met her. As hard as the loss is we have to pick ourselves up in order to look after all the other little charges that remain in our care. 

Kuishi and Sagala seem to be competing for the new bull’s attention. The whole of yesterday afternoon and this morning the two girls have been seen by his side. The young bull is settling into the Nursery herd very well and appears to be getting along very well with the other bulls, such as Sattao, Mapia and Jotto. 

This afternoon, Luggard, Ambo, Enkesha and Dololo were too busy browsing that they didn’t have their milk. Eventually Luggard walked over the mud bath and began to throw mud all over his body. The Keepers who noticed him enjoying himself, went over and began to shovel some mud over his back and the spots that were a little harder for him to reach. 

Lately, Tagwa and Sagala appear to be sharing the responsibility of looking after the herd, and when Tagwa is too busy enjoying her greens Sagala is often the one to watch over the younger orphans. 

Elephants are known to be very caring and they will always work together at protecting the herd. Even though you may have some naughty characters like Kiasa, Mapia, Sagala and Emoli they still all know the importance of caring for the herd. An example of this would be Tamiyoi, although she often seems reluctant to have a mud bath, if any of the other orphans become stuck or struggle in the muddy waters she always rushes to their aid. Today she was wallowing with Enkesha, Musiara and Maktao. When it was time for them all to get out Maktao seemed to be stuck and Enkesha was struggling to help him get out. Tamiyoi came to his rescue and managed to push the young bull out of the mud. 

At the 3pm feeding time Sagala was very protective of little Larro, keeping her away from anyone that tried to get close to her, and taking her away from the group. 

The orphans were in a very jovial mood this morning as they headed out to the forest. Enkesha kicked off all the excitement when she got a fright from a large hare that jumped out at her from his burrow. In response she kept charging backwards and forwards flapping her ears and trumpeting unsure of where the hare had gone. Ambo and Emoli quickly ran over to see what was happening and also began to charge around looking for the hare. Tagwa, Malima, Kuishi and some of the other orphans eventually joined in with all the fun and trumpeting could be heard all over the forest. 

Later in the afternoon, Sattao and his good friend Musiara began to play a game of strength testing. Luggard who was busy watching the duo eventually decided to join in and began to play a pushing game with Musiara as Sattao moved off. 

During the public visit today, Maisha and Enkesha decided to play with one of the footballs that was in the mud bath area. Enkesha was just posing with the ball, with her front foot raised and standing on the ball as she picked up the hose pipe and drank water directly from the end of it. Maisha then approached her with the intention of stealing the ball away, but Enkesha didn’t want to let it go. She finished drinking and as Maisha tried to take the ball she kept her trunk and foot on top of it. They went around running after one another for the ball until Tamiyoi intervened, kicking the ball into the mud bath and bringing an end to the game. 

None of the elephants felt like welcoming Kiko when he paid them a visit in the forest this afternoon. He had gone all the way to try and locate the elephants out in the forest, but before he could even get very close, Malima, Musiara and Jotto started warning him not to join them, by raising their ears high. The closer he got, the more they mock-charged, making him turn and make his way back to the stockade compound, in the company of his Keeper, to browse.

Enkesha has a very big heart and is very mindful of all the other orphans. When the orphans leave their night stockades in the morning, they usually form their own small groups, and today was no different. Enkesha led her own group including Dololo, Mukkoka, Larro and Ambo. This group browsed separately from the others for a few hours this morning, always under the leadership of Enkesha. Only at the 9am milk feed did Enkesha and her group emerge from where they were browsing and join the others.

Maisha is not getting on with Musiara these days. Today Musiara was enjoying the mud bath together with Enkesha and Emoli and they were having a peaceful and fun time, but then Maisha got into the mud bath and started trying to climb on Musiara and poke him in the back with her tusks. It took Enkesha to intervene and chase Maisha out of the mud bath for peace to return. 

Tamiyoi is quite well known to return home first in the evening at 5pm, but today she has to compete with Kiasa who sneaked in front of her. The two had a running race and in the end Tamiyoi ended up pipping Kiasa to the post being the first into her stockade for her milk.