# @deannadeshea on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqrHzcovGPd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61210316-deannadeshea-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-05T23:59:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Deanna DeShea (@deannadeshea) — https://gondola.cc/deannadeshea

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In the mountains of northern Kenya lies the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, where the extraordinary story of wildlife and community begins.
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This wild oasis is home to rescued orphaned elephants who will be released back into the wild so they can rejoin their herds. They have also rescued baby giraffes, gerenuks, kudu, and buffalo.
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Reteti empowers young Samburu women to be Africa's first-ever women elephant keepers. It is as much about the people as it is about elephants.
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🐘 Long’uro’s Rescue Story 🐘
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The Reteti air team was called in at night by Loisaba Rangers, informing them of a bleeding, abandoned calf that had fallen into a well in Loisaba Conservancy. He was in a desperate state. Cries of despair flooded the night, and on inspection, the team discovered that two-thirds of his trunk had been lost to a hyena the previous night while stuck in the well.
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Teams from Kenya Wildlife Service and Reteti rushed in. They saved the distressed calf and brought him to safety at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary. He was only a month old. But as the months ticked over, we watched him grow stronger and stronger.
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🐘 ADOPT AN ELEPHANT r.e.s.c.u.e ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Fine art inquiries—deannadeshea.com
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