Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick was decorated for her work in conservation by Queen Elizabeth II Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this June 5, 2013 file photo, Daphne Sheldrick, left, founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage, ...

Some of Daphne Sheldrick’s closest friends were animals. The daughter of a British farmer, Ms. Sheldrick fed a baby antelope named Bushy from a milk bottle every four hours. She grew up to be a ...

Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan wildlife conservationist who helped nurse, bathe and occasionally apply sunscreen to more than 230 orphaned elephants, and whose decades of work on their behalf made her one ...

Dr Dame Daphne Sheldrick, conservationist and founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT who passed away on Thursday evening on April 12, 2018 after a long battle with breast cancer. [Photo: ...

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a well-known Kenyan conservationist who helped protect the East African country’s wildlife for 60 years, has died, her organization announced on Friday, describing her as a ...

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, pioneer of elephant conservation and founder of a Kenyan orphanage that has rescued and raised more than 200 elephants, died last Thursday at age 83. In a statement, her ...

Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick died of breast cancer on April 12, according to the conservation organization she founded. Born in Kenya, she spent her life working to care for orphaned elephants in ...

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a conservationist famous for her work rearing baby elephants in Kenya and fighting for the protection of the species, has died aged 83, her family said Friday. "Daphne passed ...

Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick D.B.E dedicated her life to making the world a little kinder to animals. During her over 60 years protecting the world’s creatures, particularly threatened species in Africa, ...

Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan wildlife conservationist who helped nurse, bathe and occasionally apply sunscreen to more than 230 orphaned elephants, and whose decades of work on their behalf made her one ...