On the 28th September, whilst on the way to inspect the Aruba borehole with the Mobile Veterinary Unit, an alert came of an orphaned elephant from the Rangers at the Buchuma Entrance Gate to Tsavo East on the Mombasa road. We immediately drove there and discovered that the calf had fallen into a Pipeline Manhole comprised of two compartments, each about 4 ft x 31/2 ft
The task of extracting the calf was tricky, since it was difficult to secure the rope around the girth, the calf having to be pulled into an upright position in order to fit through the opening. Finally, this was
The baby was loaded onto a Pickup and taken to Buchuma Airfield to await the arrival of the Rescue Plane. A small plane brought the Nairobi Keepers,
We named the new baby "Buchuma" to reflect his origin, and although very