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It was such an exciting morning as the Keepers and Umani orphans were awaiting the arrival of Luggard and Enkesha. As the orphans came out their stables, the Keepers were getting things ready for the arrival of the translocation lorry and Lima Lima, all too curious, was watching them closely. As the lorry pulled up the excitement could be felt through the air. Lima Lima was so excited that she was standing right outside the lorry’s doors waiting to see who came out. First to appear was Enkesha who came charging off the lorry catching Lima Lima’s attention, followed closely by Luggard. 

Luggard seemed a little confused by his surroundings at first but he was quickly comforted by his Keepers and all the older girls Murera, Sonje, and Lima Lima. Shukuru, Zongoloni, Mwashoti, Jasiri, Ngasha, Alamaya and Ziwa were all too curious too and were following Enkesha and Luggard also trying to greet the new arrivals. 

Enkesha was quick to lead the orphans out to the forest, not even knowing where she was headed, she was already comfortable in her new home. When they got out to the forest Luggard and Enkesha immediately began to browse on all the fresh greens, and with the heavy rains, they had so many to choose from. Zongoloni even came over to dote upon the new arrivals and she could see giving Luggard a big trunk hug. Luggard and Enkesha could not move without one of the Umani orphans doting on them. 

Luggard and Enkesha fit straight in to the Umani orphans’ routine and even enjoyed a mud bath with all of them. In the afternoon, however, some of the bulls started to play a little rough, wanting to grab hold of Luggard and Enkesha and the Keepers had to usher them away. They don’t realise how much bigger and stronger they are. Murera and Sonje were always nearby as well, keeping them safe and taking good care of them. It had been a long day for the babies and certainly an overwhelming one at that, so after mud bathing Luggard and Enkesha spent the afternoon in the shade of some trees with Murera, Lima Lima and Sonje. We didn’t want Luggard to walk too far on his first day and get too tired. Sonje and Murera both suffer from similar compromised legs to Luggard, so they will always be able to keep to the same pace as him, and he will always have company for that reason too. That is perhaps why, so far, Mwashoti has been so kind to the new arrivals as well! In the evening when all of the orphans walked home for the night, with Enkesha and Luggard in the lead and Murera and Sonje behind, Murera flatly refused to go into her own bedroom, not wanting to be apart from them for a minute, so she was fortunate enough to even spend the night with the babies. Their first day at Umani was a huge success.