From orphaned children to orphaned elephants, today was a different rescue centre entirely! Up early and off to Sheldrick's (wasn't that the hotel in Dirty Dancing too?) a wildlife trust that rescues orphaned baby Elephants. Not even obligatory sad stories - one shy little one still had an open spear wound in her trunk - could dampen the sheer joy of seeing these little youngsters having so much fun.
We arrived just as they were being fed their bottles and given their daily mud bath. The mud serves as a sunscreen too asin the wild baby elephants uually shelter from the sun by hiding under their mothers. Due to poaching, retaliation for crop raiding, and all manner of crimes against this magnificent beasts, the mothers are gone and it's up to their dedicated handlers to raise them on human formula and love instead. We even saw the elephant dorms where a pile of hay for the bubba lay next to a trundle bed for the keeper. So much love!
In the vid here you can see my and Wendy's favourite little mischief maker - we called him Brat. He was the naughtiest, cheekiest little devil. There was an Indian television crew filming this joyous site and the immaculate model presenter got a little too close to the fun so Brat decided to gently barge her out of the way. She was not too pleased about being covered in red mud!
I hope these vids make you smile as goofily as I did. They were so cute flopping on each other and spurting mud everywhere as the keepers shovelled dirt onto them. Just look at those little bums running around in their wet trackie pants. Dirty Dancing of a different kind at this Sheldrick's!
Give Harvey a bath for me :)
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