4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. Sheldrick is fourth-generation Kenya-born and has spent the better part of her life tending wild animals.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Placing one hand over his pate, as he was wont to do, and pointing at the others as he spoke with the finger of his other hand, Isaac stated in his semi-elvian voice, colored with the British Colonial Accent he grew into as the son of a South African Brit exiled to Kenya, the following: “Eric, shut up. Your argument is invalid.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

A few years ago while I was watching elephants in the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya with elephant researcher Iain Douglas-Hamilton, I noticed a teenaged female, Babyl, who walked very slowly and had difficulty taking each step. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s often considered wasteful that so many nests are abandoned and left to degenerate, but my theory of one of the reasons for this behavior is related to predation. Photo taken by Adam Riley in Kenya. Image taken in Samburu, Kenya by Adam Riley. Image taken in Kenya by Adam Riley. Image taken by Adam Riley in Kenya.

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Africa 218