Why did I love this book?
This was my Christmas treat to myself in 2022, a collection of lovely stories of baby elephant rescues, the locals who rescued them, and the keepers who raise them, all with incredible colour photos of Kenya and elephants. I love how a baby elephant used to trumpet up a keeper’s shirt when she wanted a bottle in the middle of the night.
This is a book of people who step up and help, do so in a practical way and, on occasion, put themselves at risk. When it arrived, I read it cover to cover in a couple of days; now, I keep it in its packing box to keep it nice and pull it out to read a story at a time when I need a pick-me-up.
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The Unsung Heroes
A collection of previously untold stories about orphaned elephants in the care of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and their heroic rescuers. The Orphans celebrated in this book come from many different corners of Kenya, showcasing the country's varied and beautiful landscape. Produced by Angela Sheldrick and with an introduction from Dr Dame Daphne Sheldrick, The Unsung Heroes is must-have piece of conservation history.
Produced by wildlife conservation organisation The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the pioneers in the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned baby elephants, The Unsung Heroes features more than 200 pages of untold stories -…
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