Shira being attended to by the rescue team

Shira at the nursery

Shira trapped in the well with those that discovered her first

The calf is pulled out of the tiny well it had been stuck in

Shira stuck in the well

KWS arrive with the calf in the back of the landcruiser.jpg

Loading the calf.jpg

Shira and Maxwell hit it off immediately.jpg

Shira arrives at the nursery in the back of a pick up, with very tender wounds from her ordeal.jpg

Shira at the nursery just after arrival.jpg

Shira at the nursery just after arrival.jpg

Shira in her stockade with Maxwell as an attentive neighbour

Shira in the back of the landcruiser at Amboseli airstrip.jpg

Shira strapped in for take off, the wound on her back very evident.jpg

Shira with wounds on her trunk, probably by a jackal as she lay trapped in the well.jpg

Shira with wounds on her trunk, probably by a jackal as she lay trapped in the well.jpg

The calf is securely strapped and laid on the canvas stretcher

The Keepers boarding the plane headed to Amboseli

Waiting at the airstrip for the arrival of the calf

Her feet are incredibly worn.jpg

Her back badly bruised and rubbed raw against the sides of the rocky well

Before the flight she takes some rehydration flui