Big Bull Jabulani Comes to Collect Baby Elephant, Khanyisa! Plus: Khanyisa vs the Orphanage Tree 🌳

After lots of daily toil to keep Khanyisa away from one of the new trees alongside the orphanage garden, the calf managed to sneak her way to it and debranch the lower reaches. It took many months to grow and will require some TLC to return it to its former glory so it can grow tall and strong and tower over the garden. Don’t worry, though! It is not Fenya’s tree - Fenya’s padda boom (toad tree) is planted by the kitchen and is further from Khanyisa’s prying trunk.
Carers Herman and Reply spend time with Khanyisa in the garden, while she grazes - keeping her company as her herd would in the bush.
Watch as Reply and Khanyisa leave with Adine to meet up with the big herd and Khanyisa tries to veer off and demolish another tree. She certainly is learning vital elephant skills, wanting to feed herself on branches and leaves 🍃 wherever they may be.
Jabulani comes to collect Khanyisa as she runs out of the orphanage path to join the greater reserve. It’s a precious moment as little trunk meets big trunk and the two head off to catch up with the rest of the elephants on their walk into the wild.
Thank you for joining us on this excursion!