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Kiombo and Dololo appear to be really frightened by the baboons. This morning, as the orphans were busy browsing in the field, a troop of baboons were making their way through the forest, jumping and running around. Suddenly, one of the baboons chased another right through where Dololo and Kiombo were browsing. This gave the young bulls such a fright that they both went running off, trumpeting loudly. They ran past all the other orphans and were running so fast that they didn’t take any note of the Keepers trying to call them and calm them down. The two bulls ran straight back to the stockade compound and hid inside one of the stables. The Keepers came back to take them back into the bush but the two remained very nervous as they could hear the baboons as they were walking back out into the field. Eventually, the baboons moved off and they both calmed down. 

Ziwadi has learnt all the milk feeding points and today when it was time for the orphan 9 o’clock bottle of milk, she managed to sneak off away from the other orphans and make her way to the milk feeding point. When she didn’t find any milk, she quickly made her way down to the mud bath but again found no milk. She finally made her way back to her stable where she had a look at the mixing point and found that the milk was still being mixed. She followed the wheelbarrow out back into the forest and enjoyed her milk with the rest of the orphans.

Ziwadi’s health seems to have stabilized and she hasn’t had any seizures recently. The Keepers have noticed that she becomes quite stressed when some of the boisterous boys such as Maktao, Dololo, and Mukkoka playfully push her around and when she is stressed, she shows signs of her seizures. The Keepers believe that this may be one of the reasons she sticks to herself and avoids any stressful situation.

During their midday mud bath, after the orphans had finished their bottles of milk, Maktao, Mukkoka, Dololo, and Musiara began to chase each other around the waterhole. They were trying to playfully climb over each other and were all trumpeting loudly. The Keepers tried to calm them down, but they just kept playing. Their game was quickly ended when they decided to chase Larro around and were quickly told off by Kiasa who is very protective of little Larro. Maktao was the first to catch up to Larro, so Kiasa quickly rushed over and pushed him away. Her harsh reaction to the games scared all the young boys who quickly moved off and started to calmly browse on some greens laid out. 

Ziwadi, who appears to be feeling much better over the last few weeks, has become quite close to her neighbour Maktao. Recently, she has been browsing near him in the forest and has been coming down with him when it is time for them both to have their milk. She appears to also be getting stronger and more confident with the rest of the orphans which has been great for the Keepers to see. Dololo who used to try to playfully tease her, has now also been seen browsing next to her and he too appears to be making other friends such as Kiombo. 

Nabulu who is normally quite shy and quiet, this morning, decided to have some fun with Dololo, and started a strength testing match with the young bull. As the orphans were making their way out into the forest, the two could be seen charging around after each other, having a great time. This seemed to spark the interest of Maktao and Tamiyoi who both joined in in the fun. They carried on playing all the way to the field but once they were in the forest, Nabulu quickly lost interest as she appeared very eager to start her morning browsing activities. Nabulu went off in her own direction, whilst Dololo Tamiyoi, and Maktao joined the rest of the orphans. When it was time for them to make their way down to the mud bath for their midday bottles of milk, the two could be seen walking down together. 

Larro seems to be a little spoilt by the older girls as she is constantly under their protection and none of the other orphans will dare to disturb her whilst the older girls are around. As the older girls are always working together to protect Larro some of them have become quite close such as Tagwa and Kiasa. The three can often be seen out in the field browsing together. 

Dololo and Maktao have recently become very playful with one another. Today, at their midday mud bath, the two were seen charging after one another playfully pushing and wrestling each other. As opposed to Maktao, who is quite gentle when playing, Dololo charges around and pushes his friends with great energy. Once the two were done chasing each other, they started to climb on all the other orphans backs as they were enjoying their mud bath. They even tried to climb onto Larro and Ziwadi’s backs. This did not seem to please Kiasa at all, as she came charging over, pushing them away, and protecting the two young little girls. 

During the midday mud bath, Mukkoka seemed to be in a very playful mood. He chose to play with Musiara and would not seem to allow any other orphan to play with them as he kept chasing them away. Dololo appeared to really want to join in on their games, but he too eventually gave up as Mukkoka kept charging him and pushing him away. 

Whilst the orphans were down at the mud bath, a female warthog was making her way towards the waterhole. Ziwadi and Mukkoka appeared to notice the warthog approaching. As the warthog got close to the water, Mukkoka suddenly charged her and chased her in the direction of Ziwadi. Ziwadi then began to chase the warthog around the waterhole and back towards Mukkoka, giving the poor warthog no room to escape. Eventually the warthog quickly ducked under the rope and ran off to the bushes. 

As Kiko made his way out into the field this afternoon he was not allowed anywhere near the other orphans as Nabulu and Maisha kept charging him. Eventually the Keepers had to intervene and stop the two young girls, leaving Kiko to browse in peace.