Taveta suckling a keepers fingers.

Taveta on his first day out in the bush with the other orphans, the day after he arrives in Nairobi.

Taveta on his first day out in the bush.

Once on Joseph Sauni feeds Taveta.

Once on the plane the frightened calf was prepared for the flight.

Preparing for the flight to Nairobi.

restraining Taveta.

Taveta arrives at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Headquarters in Nairobi.

Taveta at the mudbath.

Taveta being strapped into the plane ready for his flight to Nairobi.

Taveta greeting one of the keepers.

Taveta in the back of the pickup, preparing to leave Wilson Airport.

Taveta is offloaded from the back of the pickup.

Taveta is offloaded from the plane having landed at Wilson Airport in Nairobi.

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Taveta's trunk.

The calf is coaxed towards the airstrip in order to prepare him for the flight.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Keepers with the recently rescued calf.

The men responsible for Taveta's rescue.

The rescue plane lands on the Salt Lick Lodge airstrip.

The rescued calf is held at the Salt lick lodge waiting for the DSWT team from Nairobi.

An abandoned, lonely and recently rescued elephant orphan at the Salt Lick Lodge compound.

We named the orphaned calf Taveta.

The young orphaned calf is laid on matresses for the flight.

The vast landscape around Salt Lick lodge, and the area that was once home to the rescued calf and his herd.