As a part of our Biodiversity class, we took a gander at the elephant orphanage in Nairobi NP.
We have learned a lot about how destructive elephants are to people's livelihoods living near the National Parks as well as the ecosystem in Amboseli National Park so it was really interesting to come to a place where they pay $900 PER MONTH for 8-10 YEARS in order to raise ONE orphaned elephant to be reintroduced into Tsavo NP.
Wow.
But, despite knowing how much a menace elephants are to both the health of humans and the ecosystems they live in... they were mighty cute. GAH.
some elephants playing in the mud
a little piece of everyday life
I feel this picture really captures everyone's personality perfectly...
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