PROJECT:
Phoenix - The Elephant Orphanage Project - rescue and release programme
- established and supported by The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation for
victims of Zambia's poaching war
Location:Zambia
DSWF
Support: Operational in Zambia since 1991 with this project starting in
2001 with the rescue of baby elephant Phoenix.
Funding
to date: over £500,000 of which a percentage has been granted to the
rescue and rehabilitation of Phoenix and the establishment and running of
the Elephant Orphanage Project.
Project
Summary: When David Shepherd first visited Zambia it was home to 250,000
elephants and 3,500 rhinos. Today just 25,000 elephants survive and all
of its rhinos have been lost. Poaching continues today and results in orphaned
babies such as Phoenix. This project is designed to rehabilitate these tragic
animals and eventually return them to the wild.
