Last November we launched the Ellie Hair Project, an idea brought to us and spearheaded by one of our handlers, Kay. She proposed that on the last weekend of every month we provide the opportunity to have the children’s hair cut and braided so...
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In October 2024, the continuing drought brought to Elephant Havens a torrent of calls from far and near. Through the course of the month we had eight new babies in our care. The last to be rescued that month came to us as none of the dozens...
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We were called to the Okavango Panhandle, several hours’ drive north of us, to check on a little male elephant roaming around alone in Hongwa village. Locals had seen him wandering with some of the residents’ cattle and donkeys. Once this little...
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On the northern edge of Botswana, in the Chobi Enclave and just 1km from the Namibian border, this little elephant was spotted roaming around Kavimba Village with no traces of any elephant family in sight. The good people from Elephants Without...
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We were called to rescue this sweet little girl after she was orphaned because of human-elephant conflict. Her personality was a little different from other babies we’ve rescued. It almost always takes at least a few days (or sometimes weeks) for...
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This baby sports quite the head of hair, which is how he got his name. Little Hairy was reported to us by locals near the Kaonoko Cattle Post in the Okavango Delta panhandle. Sadly, we found many dead elephants in the area. We suspect they died...
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We want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! As always, Elephant Havens has so much to be thankful for this year. So do the people in the communities we support. We encourage our team members to alert us to any needs they see in the...
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Meet one of our newest babies—our first rescue mission that required a crane truck. Little Sediba had fallen into a five-meter-deep handmade well and had been stuck there for about two days with no other elephants nearby. Because the rains have...
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Well, at this report, Elephant Havens has had a month of October that is unprecedented in our now, almost six, years of operation. We had eight new arrivals in October—that’s almost one new orphan reported and rescued every three-and-a-half days...
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