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Programme 5

A family of baby elephants, raised by humans are on a unique journey back into the wild. A dedicated team at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust provide intensive 24-hour tender loving care as the vulnerable giants are given a second chance of life on the African plains. Tonight’s episode concludes Jonathan Scott and Michaela Strachan’s time at Africa’s only elephant orphanage. Jonathan finds out the future of the 10 orphans who were thrown into danger after being attacked by a rabid dog as they slept in stockades and Michaela faces some deeply distressing news about nursery favourite Jipe. The herd of elephants attacked in northern Tsavo continue to receive treatment and are reunited after spending months separated in quarantine. However, they still need regular treatment and no-one knows if they will avoid the disease, and even if they do, they still need to survive until the rains come. Back at the Nairobi nursery, Michaela follows the progress of two new orphans. Happy little Jipe is everyone’s favourite, but is suffering as he begins to teethe. And Lualeni, rescued after her family were killed by poachers is all consumed by grief and unable to join the rest of the herd. To kick start her recovery, the keepers organise a football match – Orphans VS Keepers!Down in southern Tsavo, Emily, the matriarch of the big orphan herd appears to have finally made up her mind to return to the wild and pays one last visit to the stockades to say farewell to her adopted herd. As the rains transform the national park into elephant heaven, Jonathan sets out to find Emily living in the wild.

English
  • Runtime 1 minutes
  • Created December 14, 2012 by
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