4500 x 2994 px | 38,1 x 25,3 cm | 15 x 10 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 marzo 2005
Ubicazione:
Voi Tsavo Kenya
Altre informazioni:
A WILD ORPHAN AFFECTIONATELY GREETS JOSEPH SAUNI FROM THE SHELDRICK FOUNDATION. DESPITE SPENDING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME IN THE WILD THE ORPHANED ELEPHANTS STILL REMEMBER WITH AFFECTION THE STAFF FROM THE SHELDRICK FOUNDATION WHO HAVE HELPED REAR THEM DURING THEIR TRAUMATIC EARLY YEARS. THE FIRST HERD OF ORPHANED ELEPHANTS THAT HAVE BEEN REARED VIA THE NAIROBI ORPHANAGE AND NOW ARE IN THE WILD DOMAIN OF THE TSAVO NATIONAL PARK, HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY A FOSTER MOTHER CALLED EMILY WHO IS HERSELF AN ORPHAN ELEPHANT SAVED BY THE FOUNDATION. IN AN AMAZING ROUTINE, EMILY LIVES WILD IN THE BUSH BUT RETURNS EACH MORNING TO COLLECT THE HERD, STAYS WITH THEM ALL DAY IN THE BUSH AND OVERSEES THEIR NOON MUDBATH BEFORE RETURNING THEM TO BE BABY SAT BY THE SHELDRICK STAFF AT NIGHT. KENYA.
