Natumi
Has fully embraced her wild life in Tsavo East National Park
About Natumi
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Current age
26 years old
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Gender
Female
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Rescued date
2 April 1999
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Rescue location
Laikipia, Ol Pejeta Conservancy
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Date of birth (estimate)
1 February 1999
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Reason orphaned
Problem animal control
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Age at rescue
1 month old (approx)
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Current location
Living Wild
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Natumi's rescue
A female calf estimated to have been born in February 1999 and to have been 6 weeks old on arrival.
Natumi’s herd went to drink at a dam near a placed called Natumi on the President's Farm, where over zealous Presidential Bodyguards opened fire at random into the herd, killing 3, including Natumi's mother, and wounding many others.
Natumi was spared, stuffed into a Chicken House, but fortunately word got out, and a neighbouring European farmer rescued her and alerted us in Nairobi.
Natumi’s herd went to drink at a dam near a placed called Natumi on the President's Farm, where over zealous Presidential Bodyguards opened fire at random into the herd, killing 3, including Natumi's mother, and wounding many others.
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