A new video from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust shows one of their baby elephants playing with his trunk. This little sweetie is spinning his trunk around so fast it almost looks like a plane propeller. Adorable!
All of the elephants in this video are rescued orphans, their parents fallen victims to the ivory trade. The DSWT rescues these babies and hand-rears them until they are full grown. Once big enough and strong enough they are released back into the wilds of Africa so that they can help the survival of their species.
The world’s governments have finally started cracking down on the horrific ivory trade. China has long been one of the world’s biggest markets for ivory, but as of 2018 all trade in ivory and ivory products in the country is illegal. Hong Kong’s lawmakers have also recently voted to pass a ban, and the plan is to phase out their domestic ivory trade and ban all ivory sales by 2021. The United Kingdom recently passed the worlds toughest ivory legislation by imposing a complete ban on the sale of all ivory products.
So hopefully by the time this cute elephant is released back into the wild, he and all his friends can live their lives without a care in the world and spin and play all they want!
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Wonderful if animals could have lives without a care in the world.
Vdaka pan Wildife Trust, ste clovek so srdcom, co dnes uz je vynimkou. Vela zdravia zelam. A ti, co ublizuju a zabijaju, by mali byt popraveni, lebo ani oni nesetrili zivoty zvierat a nikto nevie, kolko a ako brutalne ich zabili…. Smrt takym, ked si nevedia vazit zivot
Potrestat viniky. A tak aby se nikdy nomohli sami nažrat a už nikdy neměli možnost sahnout na nevínné zvířátka
Well done and thanks to the Wildlife Trust.
Fantastic work carried out the the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust!! They should receive a government grant to carry on!
save them
Bravo to the David Sheldrike Wildlife Trust!
So happy this orphan is safe and with other elephants – Thank You ! Love all those elephants.
sweet!
Very precious.
Poor thing! Hopefully they will be able to ban more these horrible things.
I am a UK citizen and proud that my country has imposed a complete ban on the sale of all ivory products. I understand that Trump has lifted his country’s ban on ivory imports. Need I say more!
Your Royalty hunts – need I say more?
So cute! Thank you!
That is self stimulation, hes lost, lonely and missing family. Hopefully the staff or bonding with another occurs soon .
The Galarneau family
how Beautiful
Well done Thankyou
Well done Thankyou
I read, that Darling Elephant spins tank like a helicopter !!! Wau.
So cute.
Thank you !
Never give up fighting for Animals.
Well done to the Wildlife Trust and to David and all who work with him at the Trust. You are doing a great work.
I very happy to hear that Hong Kong is banning the the sale of ivory, but unhappy to hear that it won’t be until 2018. Why so long? I would love for those babies to be released into the wild to live carefree lives. But I fear that even after every country bands the sale of ivory that a black market trade will spring up if hasn’t already. They will never be truly safe as the almighty dollar reigns supreme.
In the article it says 2021, but you are right that is way too long. And yes, the black market for ivory is probably already spreading. Very sad situation, it’s all about the $$$.
You are right it is all about the money but more than that it is about the stupid people who continue to buy products made out of ivory!! If there was no market for it then the elephants and rhinos would not be poached for it! Hopefully people will wake up and stop buying ivory!!!! Remember the very root of all animal exploitation boils down to the ruthless consumers of the animal products!!!!!
And why does it have to take these countries so long to outright ban it….2021!!! Give me a break!! That’s like the agriculture farming with their little pathetic promises to stop something and when the year comes up they are still not able to keep their promises….that’s just stalling, don’t kid yourself!!!
I have heard about the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust before, they have been around for decades rescuing many animals. I think the lady that started the organization passed away recently, her legacy continues with these babies.
WE ALL SHOULD START A RUMOUR That the testicles of a poacher are a sex aid and they will start running for cover covering their coveted goods!!!
Thank you!
Thank you to all who work so hard to help our animals.
I am thankful that countries are beginning to care about these delightful animals.
One question: Why does it take until 2021 before ivory will be banned in Hong Kong? Why not immediately??
Answer answer answer!
Because in Hong Kong the almighty $ is above everything else!!
I think Diane might be right, Hong Kong is probably still trying to make as much $$$ off the ivory trade as possible before they officially ban it. Let’s hope they follow through on the actual ban eventually.
Thank Goodness for places like the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Organizations and places like this are the only thing between life or death for so many animals.
How cute, sorry to hear how they lost there parents, glad to see these young ones are being protected.