An unusual visitor walked into the Mgeno Ranch Headquarters, within the Tsavo Conservation Area during the morning of 22nd March 2010. This unusual visitor was a bellowing baby elephant, being only about 1 ½ months old.

It is suspected that Sities is a poaching victim, although human/wildlife conflict cannot be ruled out since the Ranch has a lot of livestock and herdsmen. The Trust’s De-Snaring anti-poaching team has been sent to scour the area to confirm any evidence of possible poaching.

The calf, a beautiful female calf, responded well to the arrival of the Keepers who fed her a bottle of milk and rehydration water before loading her into their Pickup and driving it to the Voi Stockades. Once there she remained close to the Keepers following them around, until the Rescue Plane arrived from Nairobi to airlift her back to the Trust’s Nairobi Elephant Nursery.

The arrival of baby Sities in the Elephant Nursery brings to 21 the number of infants at Daphne Sheldriks wildlife trust in Nairobi. She was introduced to the 4 smallest Nursery members soon after arrival, and with them enjoyed a cooling dustbath in fresh red earth trucked in for their benefit, and playing in water splashed on the ground. She is in good health, feeding well, happily playing in a pile of loose red earth, and closely following the Keepers, just like all the others.

Travelshoppe has adopted baby sities and it was a wonderful experience meeting the little innocent elephant.

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