The Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, will be featured on the CBS "60 Minutes" program on Sunday, April 26. This will be the third feature they have done on the orphanage since 2006 (see the 60 Minutes web site to see the 2006 story).
Dame Daphne Sheldrick runs the orphanage as a way to care for fragile baby elephants whose parents have been killed or have become otherwise separated from the babies. We visited the orphanage in 2006, and fell in love with the place. We became foster parents to a baby named Zurura, and we get monthly updates about his well-being. He has grown up a lot in the past 3 years!
Currently, the Nursery (where the youngest elephants are cared for one-on-one by keepers before being re-introduced to the wild) houses 15 baby elephants, its most ever. More babies mean more expenses for the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, but you can help by fostering a baby for $50.
(The "60 Minutes" segment is scheduled for 4/26, but may be pre-empted if a more "newsworthy" event occurs.)
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