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It's morning in Kenya,
at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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Little elephants
and their human keepers
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are waking up
to a beautiful African morning.
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This is little Shimba.
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He came to the nursery
when he was only six weeks old.
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And this is ten-month
old Shula.
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Shula became an orphan when
her mother was killed by poachers.
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Many of the orphans here
had mothers killed by poachers.
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And without their mothers,
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these baby elephants
would not have survived in the wild.
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In total, the orphanage has saved
over a hundred young elephants.
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But taking care of baby elephants
is not easy.
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It took the Trust twenty years
to find the right food and care
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to keep the baby elephants alive.
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Elephants cannot
drink cow's milk,
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so they must drink
a special kind of milk.
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Every baby elephant
needs to drink more than ten liters
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of this special milk
every 24 hours.
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That's a lot of milk.
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When they get older, they must drink
even more milk to stay healthy.
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They can now also eat
some dried coconut and oatmeal.
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Growing elephants
don't just need a lot of food,
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they also need a lot of love.
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The keepers stay close
to their elephants 24 hours a day,
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just as a mother elephant
would stay close to her children.
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With their human parents nearby,
and a soft blanket to rest against,
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the babies feel safe and warm.
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And then it's playtime!
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Like human children,
young elephants love to play.
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Edwin Lucichi,
a keeper, says:
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There are 51 keepers here in all.
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Their job is to care
for the elephants
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until they are ready
to go back into the wild.
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Sometimes this can take
up to ten years.
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But it is possible.
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The Trust has seen elephants
from the orphanage re-enter the wild
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and start families of their own.
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For one hour every day,
the Trust lets in tourists and locals
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who want to see
the elephants.
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It's a chance to show people
what they're doing
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and teach people how important it is
to protect the elephants.
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In just thirty years, over two and half
million elephants have died,
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many killed by poachers,
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and their habitats have been
destroyed by human activity.
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But here at the Trust,
the orphans are all safe, for now.
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As the sun sets, the baby elephants
are put to bed by their keepers,
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who will stay close by all night
in case the babies need them.
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And with their help,
the Trust hopes these animals
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will have a bright future
under the African sky.