Mwachofi Ngonyo, among the last of the Tsavo Watha “The curtain has fallen for a great man in conservation!” emailed Africa Network for Animal Welfare founder Josphat Ngonyo on September 5, 2021. “Please join me,” Josphat Ngonyo asked, “in celebrating the life of my uncle and father figure Mwachofi Ngonyo. “He was among the last of […]
Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive
Known for elephant & rhino rescue, but contributions were much bigger than that NAIROBI, Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick, who died at age 83 on April 12, 2018 after a long battle with breast cancer, are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife, elephants in particular, and […]
A matriarch remembers, by Daphne Sheldrick, D.B.E. (1934-2018)
The first 65 years of the life of the world’s first mom to orphaned elephants in her own words Editors’ note: Daphne Sheldrick, 83, founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and of the elephant orphanage the trust operates at the edge of Nairobi National Park, Kenya, died on April 12, 2018, after a long battle […]