Nothing will compare to the month I spent in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Trunk hugs and snuggles. A finger to suckle on. A mattress pulled outside to sleep under the stars when calves are restless. These are just the little ways our Keepers help settle newly rescued orphaned elephants. Importantly though, it's a shared job among our caregivers, who sleep inside the stables with the youngest calves on a raised platform within reach of her trunk. A different Keeper rotates each night, so no single attachment forms with an orphan, ensuring when Keepers go home to visit their human families, the orphans' have a continuity of care. That being said, we can't entirely stop the Keepers having their own favourite babies. Who's yours?

Always time for breakfast toast with our donkey Letty-Lou

Kaikai is 11 months old and nearly every one of those days has been spent at our Kaluku Neonate Unit. This tiny baby was rescued as a newborn from the Mara after rangers discovered her near the body of a dead female elephant. Since that fateful day, she's been raised by some of our most experienced Keepers — Misheck, Joseph and Simon — who shepherded her through the notorious teething stage and will continue to care for her through toddlerhood and beyond. No cardboard box is safe from her. No milk feed gets mixed without her say-so. Sound like the kind of character you'd like to support? Adoptions help fund the daily care, milk feeds and mud baths she needs to thrive. Adopt Kaikai: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…

Melia is a mother of two now. We rescued her in 2009 from Tsavo East – just in time, before lions got to her. She was feisty from the get go, a good sign indicating this one-year-old had fight in her to live. It took years – Nursery, reintegration, slow steps into independence but today she lives wild in Tsavo, with her son Milo born in 2022 and her newborn daughter Moon. Two calves, one wild family. Melia’s story was made possible by our adopters and donors, whose continued support is helping orphans on that same road to the wild. Reacquaint yourself with Melia's story: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…

Sweet Ridglan senior beagles are settling in at the beautiful Senior Sanctuary at Big Dog Ranch. What a difference. They are living the good life. COURTESY of :IG and TT @BigDogRanch ❤️these caregivers and LOVE these Seniors ❤️

A throwback to late January when Edie came calling with tiny Enid, her fifth calf, just a few days old. Edie came to us in 1999, herself only a few months old, after falling into a well and being abandoned by her family at first light. There was a long stretch when we weren't sure if she had it in her to fight for life – grief-stricken, bruised, refusing her milk. She came through it slowly, with patience from her Keepers and the company of older orphans who refused to give up on her. She is 27 now, and a matriarch in Tsavo. A mother of five – Ella, Eden, Eco, Enzo, and now Enid, all living together in the wild. When you adopt or donate, this is what it builds toward. Not just rescue, but a life that goes on to make more life. Become a part of an orphan's story from the very start by adopting: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…

RT @KWSKenya: Territorial disputes are a natural but brutal reality of life for lions. Lionesses fight fiercely to defend their prides, cub…

You asked, "Do the baby elephants have an internal clock that tells them when it's milk time?" We'll let Kaikai answer that for you... Yes! As her Keepers share, she has a very accurate milk clock – Kaikai truly knows when each feed is due, down to the minute. And she's far from the only one. Bondeni was known as Ithumba's alarm clock, loudly bellowing for his milk, right on time. We suspect some of you know the feeling.

Flossie is 30 years old and still holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest living cat! ❤️

Dice, Dalmatian, Anchorage Place, Brooklyn, NY • ”He’s a tri-colored Dalmatian. He’s been getting a lot of attention here. He’s not too friendly, so you might not want to get too close.”

Mwana isn't a baby anymore. She has tusks now. She turned three in March, and the Keepers have started preparing for the next milestone: her mother, Murera is expecting her second calf, due later this year, making Mwana a big sister. She's already had plenty of practice under her belt, helping to take care of the other wild-born babies in the herd who have come after her. When they first turned up, she was a bit put out that she wasn’t the baby anymore. Now, though, she’s a doting sisterly figure to them. Mwana is one of 92 calves born to orphaned elephants we've rescued, raised and returned to the wild. Meet some of the others: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n…

Baby elephant reunited with its mama..🐘🥺❤️

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Did you know that due to their vocal structure, #cheetahs can't roar like other big #cats. However, they can make a wide variety of vocalizations - including chirping, hissing and barking. They can also purr just like a house #cat (as Dominic is demonstrating). Want to learn more? Visit cheetah.org

Monday farm rush hour with our forever farm friends enjoying the freedom of the farm

Oh my goodness, so cute 😍 Mini Ndhzenga's with K7 and K9 Kambula moms. Moms are doing a great job protecting these youngsters. #LoveLions 🎥 mrisholuge Facebook

Every wild dog is unique. And sometimes, your sighting helps tell the bigger story. 📹 Nicky Firer 📍 Kruger National Park

The cat was feeding her babies The trajectory of an abandoned deer And I tell the animal I adopt it just like I feed it. ❤️❤️

You might come to our feed for elephants – but did you know we come to the aid of any wild animal in need? Over the years, that's included aardvarks, pangolins and even cheetahs. This treatment – for the fastest animal on Earth – was an urgent priority for our attending SWT/KWS Mobile Vet Unit. Big Life had called it in: a territorial fight had left severe wounds on his paw pad and the top of his foot. A compromised paw is the difference between a successful hunt and starvation. He needed help, and he needed it quickly. A thorough clean and medication later, and he was on a healing course. When he came round, he rose to his feet and rejoined his brothers, who had waited nearby. Subsequent sightings confirmed he was already much improved. Looking back on cases like this one – from our archive, taking place in 2024 – is a reminder of what's at stake. Cheetahs have lost 90 per cent of their population over the past century and now occupy just 10 per cent of their historic range. Every individual that walks away from a treatment like this carries real weight for the species. That kind of intervention is only possible with consistent, reliable funding behind it. Monthly donations – whatever you're able to give – keep our pilots in the air, our vets on call, and our teams ready to respond when the alarm is raised: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/d…