These orphans spend about three to five years in the care of rehabilitators, receiving round-the-clock, personalised attention from the keepers.
In 2012, IFAW’s partner organisation Wild is Life established the Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN). We support the rescue and rehabilitation of elephant calves who end up there often as a result of poaching, human-wildlife conflict, falling into mud or ditches, or becoming separated from their herds. These orphans spend about three to five years in the care of rehabilitators, receiving round-the-clock, personalised attention from the keepers. Once they mature, it’s time to find them a herd to join in the wild.