#ithumba

One more from Amazing © 🎬 🖋✅ @elephant_stories_with_fiona ❤❤❤❤❤ You can feel the power as they walk in. A small family lead by the powerful strides of a Matriarch. You can sense they are wary, ears flaring, slightly agitated as they amble forward. It’s becoming dusk at #ithumba. The truck has delivered much needed water to the watering hole. Fresh water provided by the conservation efforts of the #sheldrickwildlifetrust in East Tsavo., #Kenya The mighty elephant. Let them be safe. Let them roam free as they do in Kenya. A nation which recognises and acts upon ethical wildlife conservation. There is no such thing as “too many elephants”. Whoever came up with this line inorder to introduce hunting is a people pleaser. Where I don’t think it’s all about the money, it’s the power which politics brings. The leadership and the privileges. It’s ego which gives away the lives of elephants and wildlife, where no deep upstanding of the land and the wildlife seems to prevail within, where politicians wield their power like an axe as they grind their fists for authority. Wake up.....because when the tourists leave all you will have left are hunters. No one likes a trophy hunter. They bring death. They bring blood and they take your treasures. #bantrophyhunting #banhunting #botswana #southafrica #namibia #zimbabwe #zambia #tanzania #africa #america #conservation #ivorybelongsonelephants #banivory #elephants #africanelephant #elephantstorieswithfiona https://www.instagram.com/p/B3eRpGbhBGU/?igshid=1ib46othwpb24

📷 @nicole_korensky ・・・ Morning sunrise in Tsavo National Park. This is @dswt Ithumba Reintegration Unit. Ex-orphans hanging with Current Orphans 💚🐘🐘💚 A slice of heaven where the eles are safe. #dswt #ithumba #savetheelephants #kenya @sunworldsafaris #fosteranele #africansafari @dswtfosterparents ・・・ 📷 credit: nicole_korensky 🐘🌱🌍 @dswt www.dswt.org/foste https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp7ftq_BzLl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i13rhyemi6rg

Credit © 🎬 ✔️ @elephant_stories_with_fiona 🖋 A message from Fiona. Hello Friends...firstly I would like to thank you so much for your very kind and warm greetings shared when I posted my “intro photo”. I was “popping in” only so this has now been removed so we can get on with the business of elephant stories..... This video was taken at #sheldrickwildlifetrust #ithumba reintegration unit for #orphanbabyelephants where they gradually start the second stage of their journey to go back into the wild. A process which can take up to another 8 years after their time spent at the #nairobinursery. Here they are returning from a day in the bush under the watchful and curious eyes of the wild elephants.... I think both sides share a curiosity for each other. I also just love the African bush and landscape and that big sky, it’s truly spectacular. It’s a wondrous and magnificent combination of life which needs to be cherished. Fiona 🐘💙 #elephants #africanelephant #africa #kenya #conservation #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #banculling #banhunting #botswana #masisi #itseasywithmasisi #advancingtogether #foster #fosterparents #fosteranorphanelephant #shedrickselephantorphanage https://www.instagram.com/p/CDE5um9BfcT/?igshid=33xqacllov0j

Please read caption! Credit © 🎬 🖋 ✅ @elephant_stories_with_fiona There is moment in the beginning of this video that these #orphanbabyelephants form a perfect line as they follow each other in at 5.00pm at #Ithumba #reintegrationcentre in #easttsavo. This is the #Sheldrickwildlifetrust, after spending their days out in the bush browsing and observing wild elephants the babies come back to their stockades for the night where it is safe for them. It’s a long journey to rehabilitate an orphan baby elephant, from their time rescued to release back into the wild. This can take up to 8,9,10 years. Please support #sheldricks conservation work by fostering an orphan elephant and be part of their foster family and you are also contributing towards helping save Elephants! So we can all help....🐘👊🏻 #elephants #africanelephant #africa #kenya #conservation #ivorybelongsonelephants #bantrophyhunting #banculling #botswana #iseasywithmasisi they are not yours to kill! #bekindtoelephants https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yYqmfBqwf/?igshid=1etd4gdqe868o

My favourite Elephant girl © 🎬🖋✅ @elephant_stories_with_fiona I am so happy to see this little video and share this heartwarming moment..... I guess this is eating for 2! The story of the #Ithumba orphan elephants sharing their morning lucerne with a wild mother and her baby. Remember “Itchy and Scratchy” from the 17th August post..... this is the baby. Another look into the lives of elephants. Love - Fiona 🐘💙 #elephants #orphanbabyelephants #orphanelephants #swt #dswt #sheldrickwildlifetrust #ivorybelongsonelephants #bantrophyhunting #botswana #kenya #conservation #africa #itseasywithmasisi #africanelephant #elephantstorieswithfiona https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sdYkDhStx/?igshid=3aa7qo3jz04q

Credit © 🎬🖋 ✅ @elephant_stories_with_fiona I’ve captioned this “The bulls and the babies.” The orphan elephants at #sheldrickwildlifetrust #ithumba reintegration unit in #easttsavo are at the watering hole, with the wild bulls. This is approx 11.30am in the morning- July 2019. At around 15 years of age, the bulls are kicked out of the family herd by the matriarch. The reason is so that they do not interbreed within the family. I used to think the bulls spent a life alone. However older ones seem to form groups together with the younger bulls forming groups also, small groups, not herds, but they do seem to congregate. I have witnessed the younger bulls approach old bulls tentatively..... wary and respectful. I’ve seen heads turn away as the older bulls approach and in some instances the younger bulls will move away to allow for those older the right of way. The bulls are an integral part of the elephant network and the older ones teach the young bulls “manners”. Theirs is a hierarchy which is demonstrated through age and strength. The older bulls reduce the chances of delinquency amidst the younger who are finding their way, having left the natal herd, their family. The older bulls presence is very important to the social structure. It’s fascinating learning and observing the bulls. It can be rough, with pushing, heads raised, ears flared and trumpeting to show strength and warning. They are magnificent to see. I have chosen this video as it has the wonderful mix of the young and the mature elephants. You can see the young elephants turn away and move back...... possibly a little bit of fear too for the big boys! Elephants are complex animals. They are not rides, they are not entertainment and they are certainly not trophies. They are monumental mammals and maybe those who don’t know should try to learn to respect the mighty elephant. They are fascinating creatures and worth more alive and worth more when given their freedom. #elephants #africanelephant #ivorybelongsonelephants #bantrophyhunting #itseasywithmasisi #wanderlust #asianelephant #backpackers #conservation #africa #asia #kenya #botswana #africannations https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ibi3LAlA5/?igshid=1utwi2hhiy56q

Credit © 🎬🖋 ✅ @elephant_stories_with_fiona Because I can’t think of anything more beautiful than an African sky, the land and the African elephant, which is protected by people who treasure their wildlife. I’m talking #kenya. I’m talking conservation. I’m talking commitment and the future. Orphan elephant #ambo and his 11.00am milk bottle at the #sheldrickwildlifetrust reintegration centre, #ithumba in #easttsavo. Conservation is the future. #itseasywithmasisi #elephants #bantrophyhunting #bandhunters #ivorybelongsonelephants #botswana #southafrica #namibia #tanzania #zambia #zimbabwe #mozambique #conservation #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #tourism #africa #africanelephant https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Auz-sBJfH/?igshid=1q35b0lg6s1jz