Environmental Outlook: "Born to be Wild"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-04-05/environmental-outlook-born-be-wild
As shown in the IMAX® film Born to be Wild 3D, Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick applies sunscreen to the young elephants to protect their sensitive ears from the sun. Photo copyright ©2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Drew Fellman
The story of two women in different parts of the world who pioneered the work of rescuing, raising and releasing orphaned animals back into the wild. Dame Daphne Sheldrick is the first person to successfully raise baby elephants. The orphans are eventually placed in Kenya’s Tsavo national park. Doctor Birute Mary Galdikas works in Bornea to save infant orangutans. A new film documents the investment - physically, emotionally and financially - to care for animals whose life span is similar to our own. On this month’s environmental outlook, we look at the challenges of saving endangered species one animal at a time.
Guests
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick
a Kenyan author, conservationist,and an expert on raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants into the wild
Drew Fellman
writer and producer of "Born to Be Wild 3-D"
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Thank you Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick for the work you do. My son spent his forth birthday watching your staff feed the baby elephants. This so impressed him that he gave his own money to foster Kenze. He continues to give willingly his own money to your foudation and enjoys the monthly updates you send out.
I encourage all of the listeners to contribute to this effort.
Sincerely,
Jan
Reston, VA
Dear Diane,
I am so thrilled to be listening today - what a treat! I have followed Dame Sheldrake since I first saw her on 60 Minutes years ago and vowed if I ever got to Kenya, I would go see her. I made the pilgrimage in 2004 and again in 2006 and was so moved to see her elephant orphanage. It was a life-changing experience for me and I gave my niece and nephew a present of 'adopting' one of the elephants that I saw there. This changed their life as they got weekly emails from the Sheldrake Foundation and cared about 'their' elephant. They were in rural northern Maine and it allowed them to learn about how these magnificent creatures.
Dame Sheldrake is a true hero in my book and I just wanted to say thank you for the work that you are doing. You are an inspiration. God Bless you in this courageous and important work!
Kate Bradford
What about the indigenous people who have lived in the refuges or wildlife areas long before they were created who rely on these areas for their livelihoods and have been forced to relocate or have been limited in what activities they can preform in these areas such as hunting, trapping, or agriculture? How do we allow these people to continue to support themselves and protect the elephants from being hunted or killed when there is a conflict of interest?
I just became a friend (orphan program) of elephant Eleanor & am pleased to be of help.
I'm so happy to listen to this wonderful program today.
Love & kindness to you,
Joseph Heringlake & Barb Miller
Empire, Mi.
Dr. Sheldrick,
Have you ever tried to reunite a baby with his family (if known)?
Ann
Heroes like Sheldrick are reduced to the proverbial bake sale to sustain the most important biological and spiritual work on Earth... while CEOs -- who demonstrate no ethical or moral values whatsoever -- effortlessly stack up more millions than they can spend in a lifetime.
In that world, how dare we call even ourselves "conscious" beings? Any wild elephant (not to mention orangutan, whale, gorilla, tiger, or any of a hundred other species) knows more about love, and reality, than most humans ever will.
Thank you for this show; I plan to take my 8 year old daughter to the movie.
I am very sympathetic to the plight of the elephants and am grateful for the work you are doing. However, I must tell you that the saying that "elephants are human" is an absurd statement. Humans are human. Elephants are elephants. They may be very emotionally sophisticated, intelligent and wonderful creatures, but they are not human.
Saying things like this can only be damaging to your cause as it discredits you and the importance of your work.
Listening to Dame Sheldrake and hearing about the baby elephants emotional and physical development: if only our human families could care to nurture with such passion!
What a wonderful program bringing to light the wonderful work of these noble people. I applaud you for having them on, and I applaud them for the work they are doing with these dear and endangered species.
We must all be aware of the impact one species (particularly humans) are having on others. This program was so informative and encouraging.
Keep up the wonderful reporting that you do. You have now become my favorite source of news and perspectives!!
I did not know how human elephants are.
Interestingly, years ago The New Yorker magazine had on its May 11, 1992 issue cover a beautiful drawing of a child elephant holding out flowers for its mother, like my mom drew of me as a five year old holding flowers for her. The cover drawing was done by an artist named Shanahan.
I framed that New Yorker issue drawing years ago and have it hanging in my house.
You might see if you can find a copy of that New Yorker issue.
As always Diane,
thanks for your outstanding shows
and the work you do for bringing important as well as fun topics to the public.
Thank you Diane and Dr. Sheldrick. What a great show and topic. I love your show and NPR - it helps me very much when the world gets me down.
Skip Luke
Arizona
Dear Diane;
Your show today about the elephants was most uplifting. I love the concept of older elephants as peer models for the youngsters. This is a lovely example for our children.
I'm going to add Dame Sheldrick's place to my must-do-before-I-leave-this-planet list. Thank you;
Janet
God bless your beautiful souls, Dame Daphne/Drew Fellman(& all those involved). I thank God you exist, & am moved to tears. Thank you, Diane, for having these wonderful humans on your show, to educate & inform us.
You renew my faith that there are people on the planet who don't consider anything not 'man', to be not equally important.
I wish long lives to all, that you may carry on this work infinitely.
With much love, respect, & reverence.
Heather
to mBoyes:
I apologize if I offend you, however, making such statements is not good & reveals that as a parent, you are passing down narrow minded & potentially dangerous viewpoints to your child. Seeing a broad picture with your mind, and being willing to conceive that we are all souls, in whatever packaging embodied, and are equally important might be a better message to pass on. Is it really so impossible to believe that human and elephant bodies encompass the same souls? We just look and communicate differently............
to Jessie Soye: as stated in the program (or if you visit the Sheldrick site) they are primarily killing parents to remove two tusks from the face (in front of their babies), or out of angry revenge at park enforcement - taking their anger out on the large unarmed innocent bystanders/victims. They also are rescued during droughts or because they end up stuck in mud. FYI: elephants are indigenous to these areas.........It is just as much their land to roam. Don't forget; most of these traumas/tragedies are caused by arrogant, self-entitled, greedy 'man', who just can't seem to co-exist with any others.........These types of people aren't limited to animal slaughter; they find reason to battle and kill each other as well.
Before I even finished listening to the show, I was moved to adopt a baby elephant from their website (sheldrickwildlifetrust.org). I am now proud to be fostering Kainuk, born on 4th of July, 2010. I found the interview very moving and stories about the long memory of elephants and their telepathic ability most interesting. These elephants deserve to be protected and have been blessed to have found a protector in Daphne Sheldrick.
Of course you are right that elephants aren't literally human. The comment was meant as a metaphor and anyone who has lived and loved animals knows that we attribute human characteristics to them. I don't agree at all that it discredits Dame Daphne - it emphasizes the point she was making.
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