![]() ![]() I once heard Daphne say, “Elephants are like us, but better.” After spending hundreds of hours myself among elephants while on safaris across Africa I would have to agree with her. ![]() She kept up this grueling schedule for a year. In the beginning days of the Sheldrick Orphanage Dame Sheldrick drove every three hours, including through the night, to hand feed two baby elephants housed six miles away. Throughout Love Life and Elephants Daphne’s dedication to the hundreds of elephants, rhino, warthog, zebra, and antelope she raised over the years is admirable. Woven into the story is a history of Kenya’s Park system, as well as anti-poaching efforts led by Daphne’s late husband, David Sheldrick, in Tsavo. The book was originally titled An African Love Story but in the newest version that is the subtitle to Love Life and Elephants. This beautiful book is a love story to her country (Kenya), animals (elephants) and men (her soul mate and husband David) that defined and focused her life-long work of caring for orphaned baby elephants. ![]() Love Life and Elephants (originally titled An African Love Story) is the late Kenyan born Daphne Sheldrick’s memoir. ![]()
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