![]() ![]() She is survived by her daughters, Jill, from her first marriage, and Angela, from her second, and. From her tireless campaign to preserve Kenya's wildlife to the astonishing creatures she befriended along the way, Love, Life, and Elephants is alive with compassion and humor, providing rare insight into the life of one of the world's most fascinating women. Her autobiography, Love, Life and Elephants: An African Love Story, was published in 2012. Yet she also shares the incredible human story of her relationship with David Sheldrick, the famous Tsavo National Park warden whose death inspired the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the orphans' nursery, where Daphne works to this day. ![]() In this indelible and deeply heartfelt memoir, Daphne tells of her remarkable career as a conservationist and introduces us to a whole host of orphans-including Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope, and the majestic elephant Eleanor. Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. The first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has saved countless African animals from certain death. ![]() "Astonishing.You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join Sheldrick's] cause."- The Boston Globe ![]()
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