Infant African elephants are extremely fragile, which makes hand-rearing them into a delicate, emotional process. They are milk dependent for two years and developing the right "artificial" formula took Daphne Sheldrick 28 years through trial and error. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has a Nursery in the Nairobi National Park. There they have a team of trained keepers who replace the...
We all know Foster Parents Plan, which lets you sponsor a child and help the community it lives in. But have you ever thought about fostering an elephant? The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust lets you do this. It was established in 1977 in honor to the memory of the famous naturalist and dedicates itself to the protection and preservation of Africa's Wilderness, particularly endangered species...
We all know Foster Parents Plan, which lets you sponsor a child and help the community it lives in. But have you ever thought about fostering an elephant? The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust lets you do this. It was established in 1977 in honor to the memory of the famous naturalist and dedicates itself to the protection and preservation of Africa's Wilderness, particularly endangered species...
Currently our whole life seems to evolve around elephants. In the course of my research for our new book, I am reading a beautiful book by Daphne Sheldrick, An African Lovestory, about Love, Life and Elephants. She was born and raised in Kenya. There she married two men who ran nature reserves, Bill Woodley and David Sheldrick and has a daughter with each of them. David, the well-known Tsavo...
"Squack, look, am I dreaming, that must be the Serengeti Highway!" "What do you mean, Tata, are they building a highway right through the Serengeti? How are the animals going to migrate? They will die if they do not have enough fresh grass and water." "Well, yes, but animals do not count as much as people and money. Politicians have been talking about that road for years. They are also...
Books for the child in us, sounds nice, but why do I use this phrase? Children look at the world with different eyes. They are still amazed by simple things. Somehow we seem to shift our attention to our daily chores, when we grow up. Traveling has opened my eyes again. Most importantly I have become to realize how beautiful our planet is. I hope we will be able to protect its wilderness for...
InterRailing during my student days gave me the travel bugs. Together with my boyfriend - by now my husband - we traveled around the world for 6 months as soon as I finished my studies. Patagonia, hiking in the Andes, bungee jumping in New Zealand, diving on the Great Barrier Reef, banana pancakes in Indonesia, ... and we have traveled since. About 15 years ago we went to see "the big zoo", as...
