How hard is it to raise an elephant? Roxy Danckwerts founded a wildlife sanctuary on her family farm in the heart of Zimbabwe more than 20 years ago. Called 'Wild is Life', she's made it a safe haven, mainly for injured and orphaned animals. But some of the sanctuary inhabitants need a little more care and attention than others — they're the orphaned baby elephants. Up to 100 elephants a day are killed for their tusks and meat, despite an international ban on the ivory trade. When orphaned by poaching, infant elephants, with no survival skills and still dependent on their mother’s milk, are almost certain to die in the wild. But they get a second chance from the specially built elephant enclosure in Roxy ’s sanctuary.
When an Elephant Smiles
