Forever
Gone
Alone In The World
About 7 years ago, park rangers discovered a baby elephant hidden in the bushes. The baby's mother was nowhere to be found. This baby was taken to a wildlife sanctuary and treated for many gruesome wounds such as lion bites. She was named Ishanga. As a calf, she lost her mother to poachers, but then as an adult, she was released into the wild.
Time stood still. Rangers rushed to the aid of the wounded calf. She was injured and alone. The lions that had attacked her prowled in the distance. A few hours later, the baby was on her way to a full recovery following several surgeries and good old-fashioned TLC. Ishanga grew up in the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. She was led around and helped by older elephants, and through publications such as Scope Magazine, she gained world-wide fame, but her story doesn't end there. In 2011, her mother's poacher was found. Ishanga was spotted in a photo hidden on a mantle, and he was immediatly taken into custody. 24 year old Jared Bricker quickly confessed, and spilled the beans that he had sold the tusks for $25,000 on the black market, and he offered to pay the Trust for care of Ishanga and the other elephants, but nothing would ever change that Ishanga was forever alone in the world.
Poachers kill 100 elephants A DAY in Africa. Generally, they are after the elephant's tusks which ae made of ivory, which is then sold to make anything from jewlery to medicine. See below.
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