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Name | Gender | Date born | Age on arrival | Comments | Reason for being orphaned | Date of passing |
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Ajabu | Female | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 | 0 weeks | Found 3 kilometers from Masinga Hill following tour vans, fate of mother and herd unknown | Unknown | Wednesday, 21 August 2013 |
Asanje | Female | Saturday, 7 April 2012 | 18 months | First reported by the Masai community near the Masai Mara Game Reserve. She later arrived remained near the waterhole at Cotters 1920’s Camp in the Masai Mara. | Unknown | Wednesday, 29 January 2014 |
Ashaka | Female | Thursday, 10 October 2013 | 3 weeks | Found stuck in a drying waterhole by members of the Kenya Wildlife Service Manyani Ranger Training Academy | Stuck in mud | Friday, 17 April 2015 |
Balguda | Male | Monday, 5 December 2011 | 6 months | Was seen very distressed on his own, our Voi Keepers were called and came to rescue the orphan | Unknown | Friday, 24 June 2016 |
Barnoti | Male | Thursday, 4 April 2019 | 2 years | Mother died cause unknown | Tuesday, 26 April 2022 | |
Bhaawa | Male | Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | 4 months | Stuck in mud | Sunday, 13 December 2009 | |
Dida | Female | Monday, 3 September 2007 | 4 weeks | This little calf was rescued having fallen down a man hole on the Mzima Springs waterpipeline | Man-made cause for separation | Friday, 9 March 2012 |
Doldol | Female | Friday, 19 November 2021 | 0 weeks | Unknown | Wednesday, 13 September 2023 | |
Dupotto | Female | Thursday, 6 February 2014 | 6 months | Found abandoned in the Dupoto area | Unknown | Monday, 19 August 2019 |
Enasoit | Male | Thursday, 15 February 2007 | 2 years | Drought related | Saturday, 6 February 2010 | |
Galdessa | Male | Thursday, 15 September 2005 | 14 months | Natural causes | Friday, 23 February 2007 | |
Isiolo | Male | Sunday, 15 February 2009 | 1 month | Found in erosion gulley | Saturday, 5 September 2009 | |
Jipe | Male | Wednesday, 15 September 2004 | 2 weeks | Stuck in mud | Monday, 20 December 2004 | |
Kilgoris | Male | Thursday, 15 December 2005 | 1 month | Separated when crossing river | Wednesday, 21 March 2007 | |
Kili | Male | Wednesday, 13 August 2014 | 1 week | Found on his own | Unknown | Friday, 12 December 2014 |
Kimana | Male | Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | 3 weeks | He wandered into a Maasai Manyatta seeking the company of the cattle. When the Maasai owner’s brother saw the cattle obviously disturbed by something he went to investigate, and to his surprise was confronted with this tiny elephant calf. | Man-made cause for separation | Sunday, 17 October 2010 |
Kinango | Male | Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 3 weeks | He was stranded, hungry and visibly stressed when found walking along the Kwale-Kinango road near the Mwadabawa junction seeking comfort under an abandoned truck | Poaching | Monday, 15 October 2012 |
Kudup | Female | Sunday, 12 April 2009 | 4 weeks | Found trapped in a well in the Milgis Lugga and rescued just before flood waters came down | Man-made cause for separation | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 |
Kwale | Male | Friday, 4 November 2011 | 10 months | Trapped in a man made well | Trapped in a well | Monday, 28 October 2013 |
Loisaba | Female | Thursday, 1 January 1998 | 2 years | Mother was poached for her ivory on Loisaba rance | Poaching | Tuesday, 28 June 2011 |
Lorian | Male | Wednesday, 6 June 2012 | 3 weeks | After being orphaned he strayed into a nearby village who alerted the KWS | Man-made cause for separation | Wednesday, 11 July 2012 |
Lorigon | Male | Wednesday, 1 July 2020 | 19 months | Drought related | Monday, 27 June 2022 | |
Luggard | Male | Sunday, 1 November 2015 | 4 months | Luggard was spotted near the Galana River still in the company of his herd. He had a swollen leg so the Vet Unit was called in for treatment. It transpired the leg was broken, shattered by bullets, and he had to be rescued for intensive medical care | Human-Wildlife Conflict | Tuesday, 11 May 2021 |
Maalim | Male | Wednesday, 17 December 2008 | 2 weeks | Found abandoned | Man-made cause for separation | Monday, 18 October 2010 |
Maarifa | Female | Wednesday, 31 October 2018 | 0 weeks | Stuck in mud | Monday, 25 March 2019 | |
Maisha | Female | Sunday, 6 November 2016 | 9 months | Found alone and in a state of collapse near a water hole | Drought related | Saturday, 26 June 2021 |
Makosa | Male | Sunday, 1 August 1999 | 3 weeks | His mother was translocated from Nairobi National Park, and due to drugs had no milk when her calf was born. | Orphaned during relocation | Friday, 21 October 2005 |
Maralal | Female | Thursday, 2 February 2012 | 1 month | She was found by the community members having fallen down a man-made well | Trapped in a well | Tuesday, 24 April 2012 |
Mawenzi | Female | Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | 3 months | Trapped in a well | Sunday, 8 August 2010 | |
Merru | Male | Tuesday, 5 December 2017 | 9 months | Found in a deep quarry with no other elephants around and in distress | Human-Wildlife Conflict | Wednesday, 7 November 2018 |
Milgis | Female | Monday, 9 February 2009 | 0 weeks | Found in erosion gulley | Monday, 23 February 2009 | |
Mokogodo | Female | Saturday, 1 October 2022 | 4 months | Unknown | Tuesday, 3 September 2024 | |
Mumbushi | Male | Thursday, 12 May 2011 | 2 months | He was found alone and injured by a cattle herder in the Mt. Kenya forest near the Hombe river. | Poaching | Tuesday, 30 August 2011 |
Mweiga | Female | Thursday, 1 October 1998 | 6 months | Herd driven out of a settlement in Mweiga where she was left behind | Problem animal control | Saturday, 22 December 2007 |
Narripi | Male | Friday, 15 July 2005 | 1 month | Trapped in a well | Tuesday, 4 October 2005 | |
Nchan | Female | Sunday, 15 February 2009 | 2 months | Trapped in a well | Thursday, 15 April 2010 | |
Ndololo | Male | Saturday, 1 October 2005 | 2 weeks | Unknown | Tuesday, 24 January 2006 | |
Ndomot | Male | Wednesday, 1 October 2003 | 1 month | Fell into a well dug by tribesmen in a sand lugga at Oldonyo Nyiro | Man-made cause for separation | Wednesday, 4 May 2011 |
Nelion | Male | Tuesday, 26 July 2011 | 2 years | Found on his own with no other elephants in sight | Unknown | Monday, 24 August 2020 |
Nyika | Male | Thursday, 29 September 2011 | 9 months | Found wandering alone | Poaching | Thursday, 20 September 2012 |
Oldepe | Male | Tuesday, 15 January 2019 | 2 years | Drought related | Wednesday, 7 December 2022 | |
Olkeju | Male | Sunday, 15 March 2009 | 1 month | Natural causes | Saturday, 18 July 2009 | |
Pesi | Male | Saturday, 15 August 2009 | 0 weeks | Unknown | Friday, 13 November 2009 | |
Rama | Male | Wednesday, 8 November 2017 | 3 years | Unknown | Tuesday, 21 June 2022 | |
Rukinga | Male | Tuesday, 4 September 2012 | 3 weeks | He was seen on his own by an anti-poaching team while on patrol on Mgeno Ranch | Unknown | Tuesday, 6 November 2012 |
Sabachi | Male | Tuesday, 2 September 2008 | 5 months | He was discovered by Aden the gardener when he walked into the grounds of Serara Lodge, | Man-made cause for separation | Wednesday, 10 September 2014 |
Salaita | Male | Monday, 15 September 2008 | 2 years | He was discovered abandoned with no trace of elephants in the area | Unknown | Thursday, 11 November 2010 |
Sasab | Male | Tuesday, 25 October 2011 | 2 weeks | Got washed down the Ewaso Niro River | Natural causes | Thursday, 8 December 2011 |
Selengai | Female | Saturday, 15 March 2003 | 1 week | Found wondering alone on one of the ranch tracks, fate of mother is unknown | Natural causes | Tuesday, 2 October 2012 |
Shaba | Male | Thursday, 1 January 2009 | 8 months | Human-Wildlife Conflict | Monday, 21 December 2009 |