How goats are saving baby elephants

An elephant guardian with one of the orphan elephant calves at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary

An elephant guardian with one of the orphan elephant calves at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary Source: Getty

A community in northern Kenya has found a sustainable way to feed orphaned baby elephants - using goat’s milk. The community-run Reteti sanctuary says it introduced the milk because it’s less costly than the powdered baby formula it had been using and because it appears to be more nutritious.



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