As the sun dries the Kenyan Plains, a tide of vulnerable young orphaned elephants arrive at the only elephant orphanage on the continent. A traumatic experience at a tender age can leave elephants depressed, vulnerable or aggressive, and the stress of the rescue mission, plus poor health on arrival can spell disaster for a youngster. At the nursery, dedicated keepers care for the elephants’ every need, nursing them to health and teaching them the skills they’ll need to survive in the wild. Michaela Strachan meets a happy little baby called Jipe. He’s the nursery favourite at only a few weeks old, and recently rescued Naserian has a new lease of life as she takes him under her large elephant ears. In the wilderness of southern Tsavo, Emily, the matriarch of the large orphan herd is behaving strangely. Normally calm and gentle, she starts behaving like an adolescent teenager as she throws her trunk about. Her keepers think she may be ready go back to the wild, so they leave her out of her stockade overnight to help her make a choice. Up at the new release site in northern Tsavo, Jonathan Scott follows the newly formed herd of six nursery orphans and four older orphans as they begin to bond. The dry season makes life harsh and the herd need to work together to survive, the older females guiding the young ones. After a savage attack by a rabid dog leaves the elephants fighting for their lives, Jonathan is on hand as they are vaccinated and quarantined in a desperate attempt to save them.