# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChKUKepsfFK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11679830-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/0c459cca65.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-08-12T13:30:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by amivitale | Happy World Elephant Day! Wildlife keeper Mary Lengees comforts a baby orphaned elephant in her care at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (r.e.s.c.u.e) in northern Kenya. Reteti, the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa, provides a safe place for injured elephants to heal and later return to the wild. Follow amivitale and r.e.s.c.u.e to learn more, including how to help. 
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conservation, elephants, kenya, babyelephants

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