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Daphne Sheldrick
Kenya-based British author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry (1934–2018)
Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, DBE (née Jenkins; 4 June 1934 – 12 April 2018) was a Kenyan of British descent, author, conservationist and expert in djur husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30 years.[1] She was the founder of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
Biography
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[edit]Daphne Jenkins was born in Kenya in 1934 to British parents, at a time when Kenya was still a British colony.[2] Her parents, Bryan Jenkins and Marjorie Webb Jenkins, operated a large farm and timber operation in Gilgil.[2] At the outbreak of World War II, her father, a naturalist, was sent to a game reserve where he was ordered to kill zebra and wildebeest to feed British and Kenyan troops.[2] In 1940, at age 6, she went to visit her father's camp and later remember thinking,
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Mission & History
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, now known as the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, was founded in memory of David in 1977, by his wife Daphne Sheldrick.
David Sheldrick stands out, even today, as one of Africa's most famous and proficient Pioneer National Park Wardens of all time. With just one lorry, and a handful of labourers, he was given the task of transforming a huge chunk of inhospitable arid nation, previously uncharted and known only as the Taru desert, into what today is Kenya's largest and most famous National Park - Tsavo.
The Park was established by Act of Parliament in 1948 and David Sheldrick was the first Warden of the Eastern Sector, an area of just over 5,000 square miles, equal in size to Michigan State, Israel or Wales, a post he held until he was transferred to head the Planning Unit for all Kenya's Wildlife Areas at the end of 1976. David died 6 months later, but the legacy he left endures. His character is summed up b
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The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT)[1] operates an orphaned elephant rescue and wildlife rehabilitation program in Nairobi, Kenya. It was founded in 1977 by Dame Daphne Sheldrick to honour her late husband, David. Since 2001, it has been run by their daughter, Angela.
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For over 25 years Kenya-born Daphne Sheldrick lived and worked alongside her husband, David, a naturalist and founding warden of Tsavo East National Park. Throughout this time, they raised and successfully rehabilitated many wild animal species. Daphne was the first person to have perfected the milk formula and necessary husbandry for infant milk-dependent elephants, discovering that coconut oil was the nearest substitute for the fat in elephant milk.[2]
After David's death in 1977, Daphne and her family lived and worked in Kenya's Nairobi National Park. In 1987, the David Sheldrick Memorial Appeal, a part of the African Wildlife Project, became the David Sheldrick