Not Your Typical Orphanage: A case study of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Contribution to Aid Kenya’s Elephant Crisis

Authors

Sophie Minick, SIT Study AbroadFollow

Home Institution

Rice University

Publication Date

Spring 2013

Program Name

Kenya: Islam and Swahili Cultural Identity

Abstract

This study provides an overview of the importance of elephants to Kenya and recognizes the issues they face, namely poaching and human-elephant conflict. Kenya’s government strategized how to protect its elephants for future conservation and is heavily supported by NGO’s. This study examines the effect the one such NGO, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in concern to elephant conservation. A unique contribution to the conservation strategy is the global awareness raised through this organization’s world renown elephant orphanage and rehabilitation program. However, positive reception from the local community is a continual struggle in the fight for peaceful co-existence between man and elephant.

Disciplines

Animal Sciences

Recommended Citation

Minick, Sophie, "Not Your Typical Orphanage: A case study of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Contribution to Aid Kenya’s Elephant Crisis" (2013). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1493.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1493