The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rescues orphan elephants and has till now hand raised over 150 infant elephants. Infant elephants under the age of two can't survive on their own in the wild but while they're rescued now, they're later reintegrated back into the wild herds of Tsavo. Each orphan has a story, which the animal handlers tell you about while they feed the infants with a unique baby formula milk because as an animal handler pointed out to one person's question of giving them elephant's milk, it's quite hard to milk a wild elephant. If you're interested in fostering an orphan elephant or donating, you can check out their website for more details!
www.thedswt.org/foster
www.thedswt.org/foster
Nearly a 30-minute ride from the heart of the Nairobi city is the Giraffe Center, a rehabilitation project to rescue the Rothschild Giraffe, a subspecies of giraffes that don't have any patterning below the knee, hence looks like they're wearing white socks! These tall elegant species had been pushed to the brink of extinction due to severe habitat loss in western Kenya but today, it numbers more than 300, and the center has successfully managed to release these giraffes back into selected national parks. While Kenya is home to 3 subspecies of giraffes: Reticulated, Maasai and Rothschild, the Giraffe Center is the only place in Kenya where you can see, feed, pet and even kiss the Rothschild giraffe but only if you have snack pellets on you though! They aren't very affable if they realize you don't have any pellets on you. Instead, they tend to headbutt you to reprimand you for such a poor reciprocation of their hospitable behavior.