Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

For over 25 years Kenya-born Daphne Sheldrick lived and worked alongside her husband, David Sheldrick, a naturalist and founding warden of Tsavo East National Park. Throughout this time, they raised and successfully rehabilitated many wild animal species. Daphne was the first person to have perfected the milk formula and necessary husbandry for infant milk-dependent elephants, discovering that coconut oil was the nearest substitute for the fat in elephant milk.

After the death of her husband in 1977, Daphne and her family lived and worked in the Nairobi National Park. In 1987, the David Sheldrick Memorial Appeal, a part of the African Wildlife Project, metamorphosed into the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust; becoming an independent non-profit organization. The organization re-branded their name and logo on February 1, 2019, changing its name from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to honour both David and Daphne Sheldrick.

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust raises orphaned baby elephants and integrates them into the wild. The trust is a leader in conservation efforts to help save the remaining African elephant populations in grave danger from the illegal ivory trade.  The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Elephant Orphanage is located in Nairobi National Park, Kenya and is open to the public for one hour every day.