A Decade After Being Set Free, An Elephant Has Returned to Caretaker with A Baby
- An elephant without parents that was alone in the bush was rescued by officials of Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
- Under the organisation's care, especially Benjamin's, the animal grew healthily enough and returned into the wild
- Ten years after that departure, it returned with a baby to pay a visit to Benjamin and introduced the baby
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An orphaned elephant was found two decades ago as a baby by volunteers of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya.
Stranded and alone, the organisation took the infant animal into their care. While at their nursery, a man, Benjamin, became the animal’s caregiver, Global Positive News reports.
Source: UGC
Sunyei returned with a baby
Every day, Benjamin will see to the welfare of the baby, later named Sunyei. Sunyei was not the only infant in the nursery, there were others too.
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The baby elephant grew up well and was released into the wild in 2009. A decade after and to everyone’s amazement, the animal returned to see Benjamin.
This time around, Sunyei brought her newborn baby as some kind of way to introduce her to Benjamin. Sheldrick’s director, Rob, said that it seems the animal never forgot her old friend.
When the story was reshared on Instagram, it gathered tens of reactions from people. Legit.ng compiled some of them below:
piwippen said:
"Showing her child to Grandpa Benjamin!"
takecare_polarbear said:
"Imagine what that must feel like. So loved."
lulucci83 said:
"They do the most amazing job with elephants."
dogwithpurpose said:
"We foster one of the orphans. I love watching them grow. It’s a family affair…."
juststopsave said:
"They never ever forget!"
shawnsoden said:
"Saw the world as much as he needed now back to chill with the fam."
the_nicole_marie said:
"I am in tears this is just precious."
5 Boys walk for 5 kilometres to rescue a puppy, hailed as heroes
Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that an inspiring story of five boys who helped a puppy named Champ eight months ago continues to make headlines all over the world and they have been touted as heroes.
The five boys’ story reached many globally and that resulted in them being generously rewarded for their kind deed.
According to a Facebook post through Animal Society Welfare of South Africa, the five young men’s rescue mission has led to a record number of adoption applications for Champ, the puppy they saved.
It is announced that the dog has since been adopted and has a new home but what is heartwarming is the fact that they will star in a television production to be aired on Netflix.
Source: Briefly News
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