Rescue of Ishaq-B | Sheldrick Trust

The rescue of this yearling calf proved to be one of the most challenging the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's team has ever undertaken.

The calf, a female, with a hugely swollen back leg at the knee joint, had been spotted by a Kenya Police Reservist three weeks previously, who reported to the relevant authorities. For 21 days he had been monitoring the calf with the help of conservancy rangers as they tried to find the mother, dead or alive.

Having failed in this it was decided to contact the Community Development Manager of the Northern Rangelands Trust who got in touch with the Kenya Wildlife Service on the 29th October, who then alerted The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that a rescue was needed.

Learn more about this rescue by reading the full update on our website http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org where you can also foster Ishaq-B and help us nurture her to an eventual life back in the wild.

Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, rescuing and hand-rearing orphaned elephants and other animals that have lost their mothers, all too often as a result of human activity. But we do much more than this. Through our Aerial, Anti-Poaching and Mobile Veterinary Units, we safeguard the natural environment and provide immediate assistance to wild animals in need. We also secure irreplaceable wilderness areas so that animals will always have space to roam and work with local partners and communities to ensure people and wildlife can live alongside one another.