Elisabeth Thompson💙

Molly and Sienna need a home together❤️ via #TendercareRescue Durham UK facebook.com/share/p/1bFUhA…

Remembering the moment we first met Imp nearly one month ago... On the morning of 22nd February, Ishanga made a surprise appearance at our Ithumba Reintegration Unit. But the biggest surprise was yet to come – by her side was a tiny baby underfoot! Head Keeper Benjamin and the team had been waiting 22 months to meet tiny Imp, as she has been called, and she was every bit as special as we hoped. As so many orphans have done before her, Ishanga had returned home to share her joy with the human family who raised her! Remind yourself of the story, including Ishanga's own journey from orphan to lion survivor and now, mother: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/i…

Four years of Miss Mzinga. Rescued in February 2022, this little orphan was a hard-won success story. Keepers like Peter (seen here) devoted themselves to her care, day and night, to shepherd her through her fragile infancy. Peter also took the second clip just last week – you'll see, Mzinga is already reaching great heights and often looks out for the younger herd. When newbie Alia was left behind as the herd moved on last month, kind Mzinga chose to stay back with her like the "big sister" she is. Despite all she has overcome, Mzinga's story is just beginning. To learn how you can support her journey back to the wild through an adoption, visit: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/mzinga

939 snares removed. Hundreds of animals saved from being maimed or killed. That's the impact your donations are having in Tsavo, funding our teams of rangers who not only patrol tens of thousands of kilometres on the lookout for illegal activities, but also fight fires, rescue orphaned animals and track injured wildlife. You might not be walking the trails with them, but it is your support that keeps our boots on the ground. Discover more in our latest report: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/anti-poac…

Four years ago this week, a group of ex-orphans arrived at our Ithumba stockades with something very small trailing behind them – a calf just days old, too weak to nurse, with no mother anywhere to be found. The ex-orphans had found him on their wild wanderings and brought him somewhere they knew help could be found. Today, Toto turns four years old. He is gentle, patient, and quietly confident – and still as devoted to his Keepers. Join us in wishing Toto a happy birthday in the comments, then watch his rescue story at: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/toto

🐘 After 40 years in captivity, Kariba is getting ready for her new life at Pangea - Europe’s first large‑scale elephant sanctuary. Her trunk‑wash training shows just how far she’s come. Help us get her to Pangea 💛👇 bit.ly/4djhpjH

In 1974, Daphne Sheldrick achieved something that had eluded conservationists for nearly 30 years she found a way to keep orphaned infant elephants alive. For decades, rescuers had tried and failed to raise baby elephants without their mothers. No matter what they fed them, the calves would weaken and die. Elephant milk is incredibly complex, and without it, survival seemed almost impossible. Every orphaned calf faced the same fate. Daphne refused to accept that. Working in Kenya, she dedicated herself to understanding what these elephants truly needed—not just physically, but emotionally. She spent years experimenting with different milk formulas, adjusting ingredients over and over again, determined to replicate what nature had perfected. After countless failed attempts, she finally discovered the missing piece: a formula that worked, with coconut oil playing a critical role. For the first time, orphaned calves began to survive. But Daphne’s work went far beyond nutrition. She realized baby elephants needed constant care, affection, and companionship just like human children. She and her team became their family, raising them, protecting them, and eventually preparing them to return to the wild. What started as one breakthrough turned into a legacy. The elephants she saved grew up… and many went on to have calves of their own—new lives that would have never existed if she had given up. One woman’s persistence didn’t just save a few animals. It changed the future of an entire generation. Photo Credit: Daphne Sheldrick and her daughter, Angela, with Eleanor, an elephant raised by Daphne. Photograph: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust

The charges come after Jamie Moyes and Allan Jackson spent 60 hours sat on top of the NatureScot building to protest the Guga hunt. An annual ‘tradition’ where men travel to a remote Scottish island to bludgeon Gannet chicks (Guga) to death.

@NonhumanRights @PghZoo #PittsburghZoo Let the captive elephants go to an Elephant Sanctuary! LET THEM GO! No one needs to see miserable, captive elephants swaying back & forth trying to comfort themselves locked in your PRISON. How cruel! It's the 21st Century -stop abusing treasured wildlife!

@PghZoo 🤬 Your whole facility is shameful and built entirely on animal exploitation, solely for human greed. I reluctantly visited your animal jail once to see this for myself, and those innocent elephants are confined in a terrible, pathetic, small patch of nothing. You’re animal abusers. Those helpless elephants deserve to live free in the wild! Shame on you.

Day 2: Week of Action to #FreeThePittsburghElephants 🐘The zoo is counting on silence—today, we’re asking you to break it. 📢 ACTION: Post why you support the elephants' right to liberty and release to a sanctuary. Customize a pre-drafted post here: bit.ly/41wDzYh

ACTIVISTS ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE ROOF OF THE NATURESCOT HQ IN INVERNESS AS THEY DEMAND AN END TO THE GUGA HUNT

Activists dressed as gannets climb NatureScot in Highlands in guga hunt protest dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

🚨Please sign!🐬🐬🐬 action.eko.org/a/free-the-dol…

I don't want a city on Mars. I don't want AI in every app. I don't want data centres in space. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want bees to survive.

Sign the petition if you agree! protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petitio…

Tell NatureScot it's time to stop the Guga Hunt: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petitio…

❗ Nathan and his co-defendants need as much support as possible. Support those facing trial and sentencing, and to help power the campaign to end animal testing in the UK by setting up a monthly donation: act.animalrising.org/donatetosave #savethebeagles #animalrescue #endanimaltesting #livesnotlabs

⚖️ Tomorrow at Cambridge Crown Court, Nathan and four fellow beagle rescuers, Hannah, Lew and Eben, will be sentenced following their burglary convictions, each facing the possibility of up to ten years in prison. Together, they saved 28 beagle puppies from MBR Acres - a breeding facility where puppies are routinely bled and sold into animal testing laboratories.

🐕 In 2022 Rose helped to rescue 18 beagle puppies from MBR Acres and this is how it happened…🐕 Hear about her tragic experience, as police seized the dog - Love - that she had rescued, and later returned him to MBR. More than 3 years later, she is facing trial in the coming weeks for the alleged “burglary” of dogs from the only place in the UK that breeds them for animal testing.