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Kumbura’s Story

Orphaned elephant Kumbura was lovingly accepted into the Jabulani herd in 2009. Meaning “To remember”, Kumbura was seen wandering on a private game reserve, next to the Limpopo River on the border of Botswana and South Africa, alone, with no sight of her allomother or herd.

It is estimated that she was alone for three months before she was rescued. Despite what Kumbura experienced, she has become a strong and caring elephant who plays an important role in the social hierarchy of the herd.

She is an exceptional older sister to adopted orphan, Timisa, and has also become an integral part of Khanyisa’s support system, taking on a role as mother.

Kumbura is a delicate and slender elephant with fewer wrinkles than many of the other elephants in the herd. Her head is very angular and her tusks are average in size and quite sharp and pointy. She is a similar age to Pisa, but she looks quite a bit older.

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2008

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South Africa

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Your fostering helps us to provide for your foster elephant’s needs! This includes our essential and sizable team of dedicated elephant carers who care for, support and protect the herd day and night. During the day, the carers walk with the herd through the bush for 12 hours, enabling them to roam, forage, swim, sand bathe and play in the wilderness, while at night the homestead provides safe shelter with the carers’ accommodation alongside the elephants. Our team see to the cleaning of the homestead, land management, dam maintenance, and so much extra work behind the scenes.

Funding goes toward providing the elephants with safe shelter, medical support and dietary supplementation. You can foster an elephant for yourself or as a gift for a loved one, giving them the joy of supporting an elephant and the world of elephant conservation.

 

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