Inside, you’ll find 2025 updates from across our conservation programmes, alongside stories from the field. With nearly five decades of experience, this work reflects the capacity to carry out complex, long-term efforts that drive real change. From new generations of elephants to the regeneration of entire habitats, the seeds we have planted continue to take root across the landscapes we protect — all made possible by your support.

An excerpt from the 2025 forward by Angela Sheldrick, CEO of Sheldrick Wildlife Trust:

In conservation, impact is often felt incrementally: Landscapes don’t transform overnight; species recovery can take many lifetimes. This is especially true when it comes to elephant conservation. Everything about these creatures is magnified. They are long-lived and slow to mature. Their needs are great, from day-and-night care to emotional guidance. They are both mighty and fragile, as infants and as adults. So much goes into every orphan we rescue: An orphaned elephant’s journey with us can span some ten years before they are ready to reclaim their place in the wild.

But this was a year of bounty — a year in which we met 18 wild calves born to orphans rescued, raised, and rewilded. These little elephants are the fruits of our labours; living and breathing reminders that true conservation is not the work of a moment, but building for generations to come.

Field-level work is the scaffolding that makes our Orphans’ Project so successful. Beyond rescuing individual orphans and providing the intensive, long-term husbandry each one requires, we are equally committed to the challenging, far-reaching work to secure the ecosystems they will one day be a part of.

In 2025, that impact took shape through the 49,420 kilometres patrolled on foot by our rangers, the 2,207 flight hours logged by our pilots, and the 1,474 animals treated by our Mobile Vet Units. It came in the form of 41 boreholes that support water for wildlife, the 530 kilometres of fencelines that protect habitats and communities alike. It could be found in the daily school lunches, scholarships, field trips, community hospital equipment, and employment opportunities — supporting the people who live alongside wildlife and fostering the next generation of conservationists.