Michelle Shephard
Saving Kenya's orphan elephants
Jan 04, 2009 04:31 AM
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK, KENYA–Suguta doesn't like to stray too far from her keeper. She nuzzles Benson Wambwa, pushing her trunk under his arm, rubbing her leathery, muddy side along his green smock. If another elephant tries to get attention, Suguta's clearly not pleased.
It has taken a stressful couple of months to get Suguta to where she is now. The elephant calf was just three months old in August when she was discovered, emaciated, dehydrated and with her skin hanging from her face...
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