Chamilandu, the eldest released female of GRI’s Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP), has given birth to a healthy baby girl in the wild. This is not simply the birth of a calf. It is the birth of hope - for Kafue’s elephant population, for long-term rewilding, and for a species still recovering from heavy poaching losses.  

Every herd needs a leader, and at the Kafue Release Facility, that leader is Kavalamanja: a matriarch whose wisdom and grace command the...