On the 28th of December 2016 two of our naughty Nursery girls, along with oldest female Oltaiyoni, made the journey to DSWT’s Ithumba Relocation Unit in the Northern Area of Tsavo East National Park. Rain having fallen, the area was now green, so the time was right to clear the Nursery of some of the older orphans. Whilst they will remain milk and Keeper dependent for a long time yet, probably another five years, before gaining sufficient confidence to begin venturing further afield with their Ex Orphan friends, the interaction with the older elephants and their wild friends coupled with the fact that Tsavo is perfect elephant habitat, made this a necessary transition, particularly as Roi and Kamok were beginning to outgrow the Nursery, throwing their weight around and becoming increasingly ill mannered, all pointing to the fact that they were in need of some discipline from older elephants. It was planned to make this move between Christmas and New Year in order to get them there in the green season.