By Sunel Craythorne | Fundraising Administrator
We are happy to report on Miss Sunshine… Khanyisa!
So much love and dedication has gone into the raising of baby elephant Khanyisa, the snare survivor and orphan who has now fully rehabilitated and is counting down the days till she joins her new family in the bigger elephant homestead! This love and dedication have come from our carers daily, as each orphanage carer has played a role in Khanyisa’ s emotional and physical wellbeing, providing her with a helping hand, sweet potatoes, water, milk bottles, stimulation, exercise, rest, and blankets! They are her doctors, teachers, nurses, mothers, fathers, blanket tailors, gardeners and more!
The milk bottles that have seen Khanyisa grow big and strong and that have given her the energy and nutrients she needed to heal and advance in life. These bottles have been a substitute for the mother Khanyisa lost but it wasn’t an easy process. It involved getting her to take the bottle with the painful wounds around her mouth from the snare and to learn to suckle the new teat our carers and Adine presented her with. Khanyisa adapted well and even though she put us through a few fussy mornings and evenings, she took the bottles well and gulped down her formula — a mix of infant milk formula and essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals! Our carers love these moments with Khanyisa, feeding her like her mother would have, and helping her to grow so that she can feed herself in the bush. Khanyisa is being weaned off her night-time milk bottles currently so that she can join the herd in the homestead in the warmer months! Thank you for helping us to provide Sunshine with all the thousands and thousands of milk bottles that she has needed over the years! We are so thankful for your role in helping to raise Khanyisa!
On Monday 26 September 2022 was Khanyisa’ s 3rd birthday!
Please click on the link below to check out the 100 Sweet Moments with Baby Elephant Khanyisa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oykfwu6K_AQ&t=896s
Khanyisa is weighing now a whole 708.5kg+
Khanyisa will be moving to the homestead in the warmer month of South Africa. In our next report we will report more on this new venture.
Without your generosity and kindness, it wouldn’t have been possible.
Thank you for all the donations and fostering’s for Khanyisa.
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and You Tube to see more precious moments of Khanyisa.
Warm Regards,
Adine and The HERD Team
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