Synopsis/Details
This short is historical fiction based on the real life adventures of Dr David Sheldrick who was a Kenyan farmer and game warden. He was the founder warden of Tsavo, Kenya's largest national park.
He had to deal with the problem of armed poachers, which he was forced to combat by utilizing staff from the Game Department and National Parks.He studied every facet of the elephants' lifestyle on the preserve, collecting data on their food sources, and, along with his wife, Daphne, rescuing and hand-rearing vulnerable elephants, rhinos and antelopes.
Sheldrick helped to develop the Tsavo's infrastructure. There were no roads or buildings when he first arrived. He paved 1,087 kilometres of tourist all-weather roads, 853 miles of administrative roads and 287 kilometres of anti-poaching tracks.
This is a family oriented story designed to give an uplifting message that man and nature can live in harmony together.
