Adopt an Elephant and Give the Priceless Gift of Life for as Little as $50

Please adopt an elephant in order to help a rescued orphaned baby elephant in Kenya. By fostering an elephant, you can help him or her receive the highly specialized care she or he needs to be eventually reintegrated into the wild.

Please donate to help us adopt an orphaned baby elephant. You will be able to follow the elephant calf's personal journey and see his/ her pictures on this site.

Why Adopt an Elephant?

Well, there are several reasons why you should foster an elephant...

First, it behooves us humans as custodians of the earth to conserve our wildlife heritage. As Daphne Sheldrick so eloquently put it,

"Saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people... All life has just one home - the earth - and we as the dominant species must take care of it."

What's more, the elephants should be conserved both because they have intrinsic value and for future generations. Fostering an elephant does just that.

Second, an elephant's development parallels that of humans so it is a long-term commitment that lasts around 10 years. In addition, these baby elephants are dependent on a specialized milk formula which is imported. Both these facts imply that hand-rearing an elephant is expensive and every little bit helps.

Cost

Each adoption cost as little as $50 a year. You can contribute more if you can but $50 is the bare minimum.

Caring for an elephant each year is extremely resource-intensive and costs a lot more than the average person can afford. However by pooling the funds collected from the affordable fostering program, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is able to raise a reasonable amount to adequately care for the baby elephants in its nursery and rehabilitation centers.

Your Elephant Adoption Pack

• An adoption (fostering) certificate

• A high resolution photograph of your adoptee together with his or her detailed profile

• An interactive map indicating where your elephant calf was found together with a description of the habitat and the peculiar risks faced by elephants in that particular area

• A monthly update highlighting the important events of the preceding month. You will also receive a link to the Keeper's Diary for your calf. There, you will be able to access the keeper's daily entries and the monthly photos showing your elephant's progress. You can print these off and keep them in your baby elephant's journal

• A collectable monthly watercolor by the extremely gifted Angela Sheldrick

• Breaking news of new rescues and arrivals to the nursery written by renowned conservationist and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust founder, Daphne Sheldrick

• In addition to the online benefits, you will be entitled to spend one-on-one quality time with your adoptee at a time specifically reserved for foster parents.

How to Adopt an Elephant

• Go directly to Sheldrick Wildlife Trust fostering page

• Peruse the orphaned baby elephant categories that pique your interest. You can choose infant, adolescent or fully independent elephant categories

• Pick the individual baby elephant whose story most resonates with you

• Follow the online credit card payment instructions.

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