Loijuk has a baby girl! | Sheldrick Trust

Sunday, 1st September 2019, was another momentous day for the Trust, with 14-year-old, now wild living orphan, Loijuk choosing to return to the Ithumba Stockades to give birth to her first wild-born baby, with elephant nannies Naserian and Ithumbah in tow, protectively shadowing Loijuk and her perfect little calf.

We have named this precious little girl 'Lili' and she has become the 31 baby - that we know of - born to orphan elephants rescued by the Sheldrick Trust and now living back in the wild.

It is so heartening that Loijuk, as with so many other new mums before her, chose to share this special moment with her human family and the dependent Ithumba orphans, so that we might all celebrate this new addition to our extended family together.

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Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, rescuing and hand-rearing orphaned elephants and other animals that have lost their mothers, all too often as a result of human activity. But we do much more than this. Through our Aerial, Anti-Poaching and Mobile Veterinary Units, we safeguard the natural environment and provide immediate assistance to wild animals in need. We also secure irreplaceable wilderness areas so that animals will always have space to roam and work with local partners and communities to ensure people and wildlife can live alongside one another.

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