The Unsung Heroes

By Daphne Sheldrick,

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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…

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1 author picked The Unsung Heroes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

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;…

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