2/6) Every rescue is tough… but, the 18th April 2020 was unlike any rescue we had ever seen.
Our team got a report late at night of a seriously injured and abandoned little calf, approximately 1.5 months old, who had fallen into a well in Loisaba Conservancy.
He was found in a very critical state, crying out for his mother, scared and in pain. The calf had lost a third of its trunk to a hyena the previous night.
Vets from Kenya Wildlife Service and Reteti were immediately rushed to the scene, to help save the calf from the excess bleeding and possibly death.
A trunk is an elephant’s most versatile tool, it practically uses it for everything , and our little baby was left fighting for his life.
Out of its struggle to breath, a discussion arose of a possibility of euthanasia. We could not allow it!
We are hopeful, and convinced he deserved the chance at life, after all he had already survived a hyena attack! The Reteti team will favour the brave!
The plane flew directly to Reteti, and Long’uro was placed in a stable that had been specially prepared for him and with all new coming calfs the team and elephants awaited his arrival.
He was named Long’uro which means something that has been cut in Samburu.
