Dame Daphne Sheldrick obituary
by Fiona Harvey from Environment | The Guardian on (#3NJ8V)
Renowned conservationist dedicated to saving orphaned elephants and releasing them back into the wild
Elephant babies like coconut oil. This discovery has saved the life of hundreds of orphaned, unweaned elephants, left behind when their mothers were killed, victims of the ivory wars that have catastrophically reduced elephant populations across Africa.
The discovery came after two decades of efforts by the renowned conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, who has died aged 83. She devoted most of her life to rescuing young elephants and releasing them back into the wild.
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