David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Founded 1977
Founder Daphne Sheldrick
Focus Elephant conservation
Location
Area served
East Africa
Method Work together to save elephants from being extinct
Mission Help orphaned elephants
Website http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a Kenyan wildlife conservation charity founded in 1977 in memory of David Sheldrick by his widow Daphne Sheldrick. It assists and advises the Kenya Wildlife Service and manages an orphanage for elephants and rhinos. This trust is reintegrating orphaned elephants back into the Kenyan wildlife,[1] and is a World Elephant Day associate.

The trust recently released a video on its YouTube channel, celebrating their 100,000th fan on Facebook.[2]

elephant orphan at the DSWT

Notes

  1. Siebert 2009.
  2. DSWT celebration video

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