#Repost @dswt (@get_repost) ・・・ #tbt, 2009: Mutara was so young when we rescued her that she really got the full treatment — incredible Keepers to provide around-the-clock love and care, blankets to keep her warm, sunscreen to protect her ears from burning, on-demand milk bottles to sate her appetite, and even a dose of elephant plasma to trigger her immune system (baby elephants would usually get this from their mother’s first colostrum milk, but we don’t think that Mutara, whose umbilical cord was still attached when she came to us, had gotten that opportunity). Luckily, the specialist care paid off, and now eight-year-old Mutara is living a wild life in Ithumba! #knotonmyplanet • • Photo © David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust #DSWT #Mutara #MutaraDSWT #elephants #whyilovekenya #kenya #nairobi #dswtnursery #africa #magicalkenya #savetheelephants #nairobinationalpark #saynotopoaching #racingextinction #jointheherd #DSWTat40 #worthmorealive
