Our elephant - by Audrey

At six o’clock on Wednesday, Jasiri met the Browns.

Jasiri was born in December 2011. He was found in Amboseli National park three months after his mother was shot by poachers. Alone and frightened, he was taken to Nairobi’s elephant sanctuary at fifteen months. Here he met his new mother (a keeper) who fed and slept with him until he was 2 years old. He is now 2 ½ and he is still at the Elephant Sanctuary with other orphaned elephants.  He will stay here until he is about 3 and then he will move to a bigger orphanage deeper in the national park where he will stay until he is about 8 years old and will learn what it takes to live in the wild.  Eventually he will go back to the wild where he belongs.

Two years after he was found, Jasiri met his new foster family, Maz, Ken, Audrey, Elijah and Edie Brown. Together, they help Jasiri prepare for his future life where he belongs.  This week they came to see him have his milk from a bottle and go to bed.  They hope to come see him every few weeks to see him develop and grow into the Elephant he is meant to be.