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The story of how the family came to be living in Kenya was handed down from generation to generation. Those families were Daphne’s ancestors, Great-Granny and Great-Grandpa Aggett, plus all their children and children’s children. If twenty families for Britain would relocate to Kenya, then the government would give them free land on which to settle. The Governor made a proposition to Daphne's great-uncle. By 1907 the British Government had decided to make speed up progress in one of their colonies, Kenya, by expanding a single track beyond Nairobi, getting white settlers in to increase trade, and build a railway. It is a chronicle of those early pioneering days of the settlers from Britain, describing their tenacity and fortitude. The book flashes back to when Daphne Sheldrick’s family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s. She was the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants and the knowledge she had gained from a life-long observation of these gentle, intelligent, powerful creatures - so close to humans in their family structure, but so superior to humans in many uncanny ways - needed to be shared.
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What happened was so startling and dramatic, that it made Daphne resolve to write down all her experiences, for the world to read.
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Searching in the Tsavo bush for a particular elephant, Eleanor, with whom she had had a special trusting relationship for many years, she had a very different encounter. An African Love Story, published in 2012, is the story of her life.ĭaphne Sheldrick begins her autobiography with an anecdotal prologue. In 2006 she was awarded the DBE by the Queen. Species are protected by law here, and the work to rescue individuals and species and fight the poaching continues tirelessly, with Daphne at the helm, although she is now over 80 years old.
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After David’s death Daphne famously founded the Tsavo National Park, now a huge area spreading over 8,000 square miles. Concentrating on elephants and rhinos, they also rescued buffaloes, zebra, eland, kudu, impala, warthogs and many other smaller animals. Species are protected by law here, and the work to rescue individuals and species and figh For over 25 years, Daphne and David Sheldrick worked together to nurture orphans of various different wild species, and release them back into the wild. It was their deep and passionate love, David’s extraordinary insight into all aspects of nature, and the tragedy of his early death that inspired Daphne’s vast array of achievements, most notably the founding of the world-renowned David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the Orphans’ Nursery in Nairobi National Park, where Daphne continues to live and work to this day.Įncompassing not only David and Daphne’s tireless campaign for an end to poaching and for conserving Kenya’s wildlife, but also their ability to engage with the human side of animals and their rearing of the orphans expressly so they can return to the wild, Love, Life, and Elephants is alive with compassion and humor, providing a rare insight into the life of one of the world’s most remarkable women.moreįor over 25 years, Daphne and David Sheldrick worked together to nurture orphans of various different wild species, and release them back into the wild. In this heartwarming and poignant memoir, Daphne shares her amazing relationships with a host of orphans, including her first love, Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope Rickey-Tickey-Tavey, the little dwarf mongoose Gregory Peck, the busy buffalo weaver bird Huppety, the mischievous zebra and the majestic elephant Eleanor, with whom Daphne has shared more than forty years of great friendship.īut this is also a magical and heartbreaking human love story between Daphne and David Sheldrick, the famous Tsavo Park warden. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya’s rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other baby animals from certain death. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya’s rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other bab Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants.