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Hydration time for the elephants! While they alleviate their thirst, our thoughts turn to one of our pivotal projects: Water for Wildlife. With a strong focus on the Tsavo Conservation Area - historically an area of limited rainfall, with lasting droughts which can devastate wildlife populations - we provide... show more

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Robin Jamieson1 year ago

Thank you 🙏🏻 for providing life- saving water 💦 for animals.

Lizzi1 year ago

Thirsty ellies ☺️

Diaspora2022 🛡️1 year ago

@56blackcat Curious - from where do you obtain the water to “top up daily”? Well(s) I’d guess, if genuinely curious.

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust1 year ago

@56blackcat It depends on the time of year and location of the troughs. Some are directly filled from boreholes we've installed, others we top up with bowsers that are filled from boreholes or from rivers

Andrea Königsmann 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️1 year ago

Thank you!

Leigh Allen 🇺🇸🇺🇦1 year ago

❤️🙏🥰

Susan Runge1 year ago

It's nice that they seem to respect the troughs as clean water drinking fountains & don't try to climb in to wallow around - they're very good at sharing. Aside from the mud, tho, it would get pretty crowded pretty quickly in there. 😄

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