All About Lundi and Growing up Beside Elephant Friends, Tokwe & Fishan!
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2024
- Just before the rains came, Adine joined the carers in the bush and captured some insights on camera to share with you. Carer Joshua gives us a look into Lundi's background, and we join carer Josiya too, to find out about his journey to joining our herd. Take a trip down memory lane with us...
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Thank you, Adine, for interviewing the wonderful carers for us. What great folks they are!
@@suzanneflowers2230 They certainly are!! 🫶🙏🙏✨️
So interesting to know about their coming together and finally being now so happy and protected. Thanks very much
We appreciate Joshua and Josiya generously sharing their stories, and admire them and their great work. They deserve all good things.
Sebakwe coming through, and Fishan is such a trooper.
Fishan's one of my heroes.❤
Actually, every elephant in the herd is, too, but he's survived with such kindness and aplomb... like a certain little pink one we know.
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@mortalclown3812 Adore Fish! Well, Love them all!
Merry Christmas!! 🐘🧡🐘🎄🎁✨️🌟🙏
@@mortalclown3812 I love them all, but Fishan is special!
So heartwarming to hear the stories of and from the carers. And so heartearming to see and get to know and know these ellies are safe and together and cared for. Love all around.
Thank you for immersing us in the herd. ✨ And thank you for sharing a bit about the life of a carer. ❣️
Thank you for sharing with us this awesome story❤
Hello Joshua! Thank you for telling us about Lundi!! And hello Josiya!!
Fascinating history. Tremendous effort to save them.
Awesome 😊 let's have way more of these talks ❤
Oh how exciting to hear the carers talk about their backgrounds! I so enjoy seeing all the elephants walking ! Blessings to everyone! Have a safe & Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! 🙏😊💕
Time seems to stand still when they're all walking together. I love the sounds at different times of day, the occasional voices calling out and - best of all - the beautiful rumbles coming from the herd.
@ Yes! I agree! I also love it when Adine says hello to the elephants. ❤️🙏😊
I love hearing the stories behind the carers. What a great bunch of people.
How sweet and charming both Joshua and Josiya are 💕 and how lovely to get to know them too. Everyone at HERD , Carers, Ellies, all the animals and people are so special ❤️💕🙏🏼. All I want to say is, I’m privileged to get to know them! Thank you Adine for letting us into your world … we learn a lot through these videos, how hard working, caring the staff are and how different yet how similar we all are in our caring for those in our care and those around us.
Thank you and God Bless 🙏🏼❤️🐘❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Great post - Thank You 🧡🐘🙏
Thank you Joshua, best of luck to you and your family. South Africa and Herd are very lucky to have you, you do a very important job looking after our beautiful Ellie’s .
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I’m glad he and his family are safe in South Africa. ❤❤❤
Very cool. I love that all these elephants have had some stability for a long time from their carers.
Thank you Joshua & Josiya, from California, USA.
Merry Christmas, Lundi🇨🇦
What a beautiful video thank god for adines mum for rescuing these beautiful elephants what a amazing herd you have got thank you josiya for sharing your story you are all such brilliant carers thank you from the bottom of our hearts for doing this so rewarding job God bless you all ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Joshua and Josiya for telling something of your story and all the dedication you give to working with the elephants. Loved watching the herd walking along.
Good-morning, Joshua! What a joy, happiness and lovely way to start the day! Even the tone of your voice is a very warm welcome to us all over the world! Dear Josiya and Family, what a blessing being part of the Herd...Darling Adine, Family is where your heart is...in my case is in Africa! Love from Portugal and my beloved Mozambique❤️🐘🎅🍼💐
The fearless work of Ms Lente Roode in creating the origins of Herd should never be forgotten and always honoured.
All the ellies have had such a heartbreaking start to life, so glad they have been able to forgive humans and now live under the care of the best of our species.
Beautiful Lundi is one of the herd whom i can easily recognize. (Maybe it'd be easier in person... or in elephant, in this case.) 😊❤
Grateful for these special 💓 stories whenever you get the chance to tell us.
Love to the Jabulani
HERD ~ and all of those who make their lives content, safe and thriving.
Thank you! Joysia! For your story on the elephants! They seem to love you vety much! Very happy holidays too you and your!
Thank you Joshua and Josiya. What Gentlemen they are! Had Joshua and his colleagues not brought what is now our Beloved original Herd to South Africa during those violent, dangerous times they would undoubtedly have been killed. Brave men. Thank God Mrs Roode took this family of Elephants in. Today, with the addition of orphans along the way, we have our solid family - The Jabulani Herd! Thank You to Adine and the Wonderful Carers! 💚🐘💚👏👏👏👏👏🙏
Hear, hear, Jan. Beautifully said. ❤️🐘❤️
@lesleyhook3472 Hello Lesley! How are you? Are you ready for Christmas?
I LOVE these chats Adine has with the Carers. It must have been a terrifying experience in Zimbabwe during those turbulent times. I'm so glad they all arrived safely in South Africa. I can't imagine life without HERD now!
Sending you Love and Best Wishes for Christmas and as a difficult and challenging year for so many draws to a close. Take Care Dear Friend 🎄🎁🌟🫂🧡🐘🌟
@@janparish7895 Hello Jan, dear. Thankfully, time heals most wounds 🙏 Indeed, today it is hard to put ourselves in the place of these very, very special people. Born survivors, both men and animals; they have endured incredible hardships, as we can only imagine. And be thankful that they have survived and we are able to do what we can to help them continue their journey; so very different to anything that we here in the U.K. can relate to. All ready in my corner, for a quiet Christmas; it will mostly be on FaceTime with family in New Zealand, Germany and the U.S. I will travel down, from the North West, Lancashire, to Buckinghamshire, to my sister’s, on the 27th and stay to see in the new year 🥳 Then, it’s counting down the days to my flight on February 28th, arriving in Hoedspruit, on March 1st. I am fortunate to have travelled all over the world, but this is going to be one very special trip for me; I’m expecting to see most of it through tears of sadness and joy, having learned what I have this past year. Apologies for my ‘wafflings’ dear lady. I wish you, and your brother, the most precious, warmest and loving of holidays over the festive season and may 2025 bless you both with infinite joy, limitless best health and sheer determination to make the most of life 🥳 It’s so true that we only have one shot at it! Bless you for loving the ellies; you are one of many ‘lights’ here on our precious planet; together, we will make a difference and we will save the world! We have The Universe behind us 🙏👍❤️🥰😘🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Darling Lundi, Brave, Beautiful Mama to Meisiekind Khanyisa. ❤️🩹🐘🐘💞 Thank You Joshha for telling Lundi's story 🙏🙏
Thank you, Joshua, for telling us about Lundi. Lundi is a very pretty girl 🐘♥️ and she's been a wonderful Momma to Miss Sunshine ❤❤
I send my much love to my beautiful african elephants friends god bless them everyday.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🌏
YAY!! A Lundi episode!!! Love Lundi!
I like hearing about there back ground 😊, I spotted a flash of blonde tail hair ❤😂 walking in that video 📹 😘🐘
Gives her away every time, that flash of pink or blonde…lol. 🤣🥰❤️😀🐘
Lundi is also like Tokwe.. she's like Vice President or the right hand woman of the Leader. She's Gorgeous, Beautiful, Kind, nurturing, patient and loving. Such a mighty Super female yet so gentle. She's definitely one of the Glues that bond & unite the whole Herd. She's so loved. We love you Lundi ❤ 🐘💚 May you always be blessed with a strong 💪 healthy, peaceful, safe & happy life 🙏💚😘❤️🐘🙏
Nice to meet Josiya! 🙋🏼♀️. Thank you carers for all that you do! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!🎉
Thanks very much Mr Joshua. Thanks very much Adine 🌹 and wonderful careers. Lundi ❤❤❤❤❤❤. Hi khanisa ❤️💕. Hi all elephants 🐘❤️ and all animals ❤. Merry Christmas to you all. Thanks very much
Hi Candida! Merry Christmas to you too!🐘🍀🫕🍰🌟☃️🎄🎁✨️🙋🏻♀️
Thanks very much 👍
Lundi, the beautiful battle scarred Queen of the Savannah, a symbol of subtlety and ferocity. May she live long and well
Thank you for sharing your personal experience. I am glad you are there as part of the Herd❤
Every elephant and every carer have a story about how they came to be at HERD and I enjoy hearing about their journey. I’m very happy that they are all safe and are family now.
Lundi, you are not only beautiful, you are sooo very lucky!! Wish I had grown up with that handsome Fish!
Thanks for the background story of those 3 beauties, Joshua!!! ❤❤❤
Hi Joshua, thanks for the info on Lundi. Have a wonderful Xmas with your large charges.
Yes,they have different back grounds.But now they are a complete family.That is the success of the care givers.Their heartiest effort makes it possible.How mind-bloing,when the ellies walks together,plays together,and loves one another.The herd become a loving planet by the effort and hard work of all.Thanks to all of them,the staff and to the beloved ellies.❤❤
Thanks for everyone at HERD. Have a peaceful holiday season ( you are still working) and the very best for 2025. I saw this channel 4 days ago and deeply shook my heart.
Lundi has a nice calm nature about her. A wonderful disposition. Love you Lundy❤
Hi! Joshua! Thank you for your information on lundi! She must have gone thur alot at that time! With the other two of her friends going with her at that time! Must have been stressful her! She seems a very good girl elephant! Great job taking care of her and her friends! I want to wish you and family happy holidays!
Thank you so much. It's nice to hear about the back grounds of both the elephants and carers
Thank you Adine and the careers for the history. 💜🐘💜
Děkuji ❤🎉
Lundi, Khanyisa's momma ❤❤❤
Ciao Joshua!! Avete la fortuna di stare insieme a questi dolci amici dal passato triste...ma voi avete regalato amore❤ e felicità 🍀a queste creature!! Tanti complimenti! Siete unici!!👏👏👏👏👏 Merry Christmas from Italy 🇮🇹
Thank you Joshua for telling us about pretty girl Lundi.. You people at the🐘🐘 Herd doing a job for these majestic animals. God bless you all.🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful ❤ Hi, from Texas
Thank you. It’s really nice to hear about the team as well as the elephants. 🥰❤️😀🐘
Adine, you have a wonderful team of carers at HERD and Thank you for telling the story how Lundi, Fishan and Tokwe came to HERD. 🙏💗🐘🐘🐘 Hello Khanyisa you are my Sunshine! 🌄🌾💗🐘
The Herd is so blessed with such wonderful Carers. I love hearing their individual stories.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you at The Jabulani Herd.
Very sweet especially the last carer interviewed. 😊Thank you!
Thank you very much! Excellent vidéo. 👌👍
I LOVE THE STORIES of the workers and were they were from and was so honored u shared them with us thank u so very much blessings to alllll and my babies
Good morning Joshua, thanks for taking care of the elephants. Always a pleasure to see all the elephants out in the bush. 🙏❤️
❤❤❤❤❤ Merry Christmas to everyone at HERD. Lundi Tok and Fishan. Just beautiful ❤
Thank you for the interviews with your caregivers. They certainly have a deep love and respect for the ellies. It also shows their respect for Adine and HERD with their length of time they have been there!
My morning "fix" never fails me with new insights to HERD. It very heartening to hear of the individual ellies stories and the bond they all share together at HERD. You are all to be praised for your love and dedication to these ellies and HERD. Thank you!
They look so warm! It's only 2°F here tonight 🥶
Thank you Joseph for giving us some background on Lundi 🐘. Now I understand the bond she has with Tokwe 🐘 and Fishan 🐘.
Thank you to Adine's mother Ms. Lente Roode for saving these beautiful elephants 🐘 and the hard work it took to save this beautiful family of elephants 🐘 and bringing them to S. Africa from Zimbabwe.❤
Thank you Josiya for telling us how you ended up working with elephants 🐘, your siblings and how you ended up in S. Africa 🌍 and your family.
Enjoy your day Jabulani HERD family 🐘.❤️🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤️
Thank you Adine for bringing us into your world and giving us the back story about Lundi 🐘 and then sharing Josiya story with us. I love to hear from the carers about their lives and how they ended up in S. Africa 🌍.
Grazie per tutto quello che fate per i nostri ragazzi Italia❤️❤️❤️
Merry Christmas, everyone & thanks to everyone at HERD for taking such good care of these beautiful elephants we all love.🐘❤🎄✝
Many of the carers have been through such traumatic times with the elephants. How they managed to move them from Zimbabwe to south Africa is incredible, you can't just put them in the back of a car! Thank you Joshua and Joysia and all the brave carers. You sure have some guts! Thanks also to lovely Lundi who took little Khanyisa under her wing. I spotted those blonde tail hairs glowing in rhe sun!
Stories of "the time before" are interesting and give us a sense of how they all came together before Herd. The friendships they forged that continue to this day. You are so lucky to have the Zim men who were with the ellies and shared the journey. Bless you all.
I was listening to a podcast today that discussed the worsening famine situation in Zimbabwe and that the government has planned a massive cull of elephants, 83, plus zebra, impala, buffalo and I can't recall the final animal group but a total of 500 animals all together. It is for the purpose of providing meat to a starving population of humans but also because there is not enough food in the natural environment for the animals. I imagine that such a cull will, once again, leave many orphan elephants such as Lundi, Tokwe and the others. As an animal lover it grieves my heart for the loss of these magnificent creatures, especially the elephants as I know that they are very intelligent and will desperately try to save the younger elephants of their herd, but I don't want people to starve to death either! I heard this several months before as an option but apparently the situation has not improved and so now this has to take place. I wonder if I am the only one who is aware of this? I would love to know if HERD has any knowledge also? From country NSW Australia.
The big cull happened in Namibia, but Zimbabwe is also facing extraordinary drought conditions and doing it, as well.
There was no water for any crops which fed livestock: those were the first to go.
The people were not happy about eating these animals, fwiw, but when the alternative is - quite literally - death, the choice was clear.
So many deny the reality of climate change and, worse, the ways humans have brought it to these untenable levels.
Here's hoping the oligarchs don't win out.
In all honesty, I was only recently apprised that even being on YT/Google a lot is terrible for the environment. (The massive amounts of data stored and transmitted strains their data centers and has horrific carbon output.)
Seems we've all got a hand in it.
Michelle - meant to thank you, too, for your thoughtful post.
Fwiw, I also follow Aussie Ark and wish that their conservation protocols were followed in many other places.
I love Dingoes, too, and hope those folks can step in to make a difference for that most remarkable taxa of the canine species in your country.
May the light and joy of the season be with you and yours
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@mortalclown3812 Namibia, you're right! I don't know why I mixed the 2 up, but I'm grateful for you righting my error! It's tragic all the same, and I fear it won't be the last! Africa is going through horrible times now! Thanks for your reply! Take care now.
Olá, eu ouvi esta terrível notícia aqui no Brasil 🇧🇷 e fiquei arrasada. Então pedi a Deus que isso não acontecesse 🙏 . Mas já faz muitos meses. Que Deus abençoe o Zimbábue com prosperidade
Good morning Joshua
While these elephants have experienced real tragedy, they are also incredibly lucky to have not only survived, but thrived. They're not fully wild, for sure, but they're happy and doing what elephants are supposed to be doing. They have a herd, they have solid relationships with the other elephants in the herd and that's important. I think if not for the birth control, there would easily be more babies in this herd. Lundi and the others hit the jackpot when they landed at HERD. Well done to all the CARERS and Adine. Joshua, thank you for the update on Lundi and Josiya for telling us your story.
It is very comforting to know that Lundi, Tokwe, and Fishan were together through their travels.. Blessing to all who helped them reach their home..
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You got a crew helping with the elephants.👍
Thank You ❤I love to hear about their stories ❤❤
Awwwww
Such an informative video with Aidine and Owen
You saved their lives
Now they all have a beautiful safe haven❤❤❤
Lundi à une très jolie fille Kanyisia que j'adore.❤❤
Óla 👋 C’est tellement vrai, Lundi est une maman très aimante pour notre rayon de soleil Miss Sunshine que j’adore (comme toute la harde) et qu’elle élève comme si c’était son bébé mais c’est aussi une formidable maman pour son fils biologique Mambo qu’elle élève aussi avec beaucoup d’amour et qu’elle défend presque « seule contre tous » quand il fait des siennes 😂 Mambo est le fils à sa maman un vrai « mama’s boy » il a aussi un grand coeur, il aime profondément et protège toute la harde et depuis le début il adore sa petite sœur, il a juste cette capacité à se mettre dans des situations pas possibles 😂 c’est un petit mec, il apprend, il prend ses marques, essaye de trouver sa place… mais quand ça commence à bouger un peu Lundi vient et se range du côté de son fils pour calmer les choses, c’est normal c’est son fils, mais elle sait aussi être « une main de fer dans un gant de velours » pour souvent lui faire comprendre et apprendre beaucoup… c’est comme élever un adolescent chez les humains, un passage obligé qu’une maman gère au mieux 😂 mais en rentrant le soir tout est fini et tout le monde est proche, ravis d’aller tous ensemble, toute la famille, se restaurer et se reposer après une longue journée bien remplie dans le bush. Lundi est sans conteste une maman exceptionnelle mais aussi un des piliers de la famille, c’est vraiment le bras droit de Tokwe au sein de la harde et tout ce que cela implique comme responsabilités, Lundi a aussi un petit côté intrépide et indépendant (et protecteur évidemment comme tous) elle aime partir seule au devant de la harde en éclaireur pour être sûre que la harde entière avec les jeunes ne va pas se retrouver nez à nez face à un danger… C’est une véritable famille, chacun y a sa place, ses avantages et ses responsabilités vis à vis du groupe, et leurs soigneurs font aussi partie de cette famille. Ce n’est pas une harde au fonctionnement traditionnel tel qu’on l’observe dans la nature mais c’est vraiment une famille, avec tout l’amour, le respect, la bienveillance, les responsabilités aussi pour vivre en harmonie et en sécurité, car ils n’ont rien perdu de leurs instincts naturels, ils vivent la journée au grand air et se nourrissent de la nature, gardant omniprésent à l’esprit la protection, et ils ont en plus de tout cela un havre de paix où ils sont en sécurité, où ils peuvent vraiment se reposer, avoir de la nourriture en supplément quelle que soit l’époque de l’année, des soins médicaux immédiatement si besoin… et beaucoup beaucoup de respect et d’amour. Avec l’avantage d’une réserve privée (ce qui veut dire aussi protégée de l’intrusion d’individus malveillants) toujours restaurée, les sols, la végétation, les points d’eau… qui bénéficie aussi à toutes les autres espèces grandes et petites présentes sur ce territoire. C’est un travail colossal et exceptionnel mais aussi et surtout beaucoup d’amour. Bonne fin de week-end 👋👋
Blood doesn't make you Family, it's the Love that makes you Family❤
I see a lot Love ❤😊
Thank Owen for sharing Lundi is so beautiful sweet and kind i just love all of them and all the caregivers and Adine what a great job you are doing for them they are well taking care of and loved Happy Holidays and i love all of you 🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing this story,,,,,,every time I hear the word “culling” I cringe 😢Tobey in Arizona, US 🌵🌞
That's good information about lundi ,fishan and tokwe thank you so much 😘
Joshua, it is interesting to hear the history of the HERD members. In the United States we will only see elephants confined to enclosures, likely bored. In fact, many humans here live our lives in various enclosures and will never see the horizons from the videos from HERD. It is wonderful to see the people that protect and sustain the land that is too often exploited for short term gains at the costs of so many human lives along with the natural resources and treasures
Now I understand better why Lundi often hangs back to keep Fishan company. Also it's nice to get to know more about Joshua and Josiya.
Enjoyed this video. It’s interesting to hear about the backgrounds of the elephants and the carers.
Thank you! I love hearing the back stories. What an amazing group of people Herd has! May you all be blessed.
Thank you Joshua and Josyia for telling us your stories about your past and the elephants, where they came from and why and what happened to them and their families. Culling is a very mean thing. Let us hope that better times will be here. It is very much appreciated that you honestly tell these stories. God bless you and the HERD team and all the elephants at HERD and in every country in Africa. ❤🐘
Culling is a cruel practice. Elephants are beautiful intelligent souls.
It is terrible. On the other hand, in the western US, it's beginning once more with bears and wolves, too, though they're vital to the ecosystems.
Meat-eaters are complicit since the ranchers' lobby is making this happen.
Tragically, in Namibia recently, due to the terrible drought, they recently culled almost 100 elephants + 30 hippos and 300 zebras to feed people who were literally starving to death.
Most people in the west can't imagine these circumstances: I am one such person. It's been years since I've had meat, but I realize that's impossible for many, based on locale, food availability, etc.
Unless we bring triage to our planet, it's going to get far worse. 💔
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thank you!
Good morning, Joshua!
Magnificent!! Thank you!
Thank you Joshua and Josiya. It's so interesting to learn about some of your personal history as well as the history with the elephants. I'm glad to know life for you is better now in SA. ❤❤❤
Adine, sometime could you give us an update on Fish's leg? Is it getting more bent from arthritis? He is such a strong willed boy!!!! ❤❤❤
Very good information about caregivers with ADINE THANK YOU ❤😂
Such a shame they all lost their mothers that way..😢..And even the carers had some bad times, but now they are all one family..❤❤🐘
Such hardships for people and elephants it is so wonderful that they have found the peace that is so important and safety. Adine my hat is off to you and your wonderful family for what you have accomplished. sending so much love to all of you at HERD!!! wish i could do more suzanne usa
HELLO TO EVERYONE . MERRY CHRISTMAS
What a great video….thank you Joshua. This question has probably been asked several times, but is Fishan in any pain? His stride is definitely slower since his injury. I’m just curious if he hurts. Thank you. ❤🐘
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Fishan is a true juggernaut if it wasn't for the injury
Is Fishan OK? What is his present long term outlook?
I really enjoy hearing from the carers and seeing the lion was exciting!😮
Greetings to everyone from the USA !
Poor Fishan I feel so sorry for him,looks like it's hard for him to walk,he is such a sweet Elephant
I notice that Fishan’s wounded leg is always wet towards his ankle. Is it weeping or does it continue to be infected? Just worry cause it looks like it’s still painful and he’s so special.
Landing is a sweet wonderful leader of the Herd and a true Elephant Queen❤❤❤
My phone auto correct Lundi's name😢😢😢
Khanyisa è la piccola di casa❤
Would love to see an x-ray of Fishan's leg. Hopefully he is not in too much pain.
Thanks for telling us more about Lundi. I have a question: it looks like Fishan's left leg is loosing some of its flexibility. Is it because of his injury or just doing a lot of walking?