Adopt Seek

Adopt Seek for yourself or as a gift for a loved one.

For a monthly donation of $5 or more, you will become a foster parent to Seek – supporting the keepers in caring for him while he’s on his journey back to the wild.

Your monthly donation gets you exclusive access to Seek’s private album and stories, frequent photo, video, text, and email updates from his keepers, and will also get you automatic membership to The Herd – our global community of monthly supporters!

Adopting Seek will contribute to…

  • Feeding Reteti’s orphaned wildlife
    with nourishing milk from the Milk to Market Program

  • The Keepers
    and their 24/7 expert care and endless love for the orphans

  • Veterinary care
    ensuring the orphans are healthy and strong from rescue to release

  • Seek’s release
    and his journey back to the wild in Northern Kenya

Meet Seek

Gender: Male

Age When Rescued: 1 Year old

Rescue Date: 31 December 2020

Rescue Location: Nanyuki

Reason Orphaned: Seperated

Seek’s Rescue Story

Seek came to Reteti on New Year’s Eve in 2020, at the age of one. After being separated from his Mama and being abandoned by his herd, he was thankfully found by a warden from Laikipia Kenya Wildlife Service. Apart from the challenges that face all young orphans – including healing from both physical and emotional wounds – Seek also had an injury which left him completely blind in his left eye. His poor vision probably led to him losing track of both his Mama and herd. Elephants are generally excellent mothers, so when they lose their calves, it’s mostly because of natural reasons. Sadly, despite extensive veterinary treatments and examinations, nothing could be done for this eye. However, Seek is remarkably strong – and his overall health, ability to adapt, and use of all his other senses impressed us from the very first day he arrived – and keep helping him to develop and thrive.

Seek Today

Despite being blind in one eye, Seek has already overcome so many obstacles, and he's gently guiding the way for the other orphans too. He often takes the lead when they all head out, showing them where to graze – and signalling when it’s time to return for their evening feed. He’s also humble and kind-hearted, and when he gets his bottle of milk first, he will always excuse himself as soon as he’s done to ensure that the rest of the group can get theirs. Soon after arriving at the sanctuary, he already started fitting in and integrating with his fellow orphans; and over time, he’s become close friends with Long'uro, Lomunyak, Kalepo and Sera in particular.

On most days, you’ll find him playing with Long'uro and Lomunyak. Seek is well on his way to returning to the wilderness one day. With everyone at Reteti fully committed to helping him become wild and independent again, we are so excited to see how his path home will still unfold!

What is included in your adoption?

  • A digital, sharable Adoption Certificate - making your foster parent-hood official! (Emailed to you or your gift recipient after the purchase!)

  • Regularly updated, exclusive online album with photos, behind the scenes stories, and videos of Seek

  • Regular email and video updates about your elephant (SMS updates too for those of you in the USA!) 

  • Automatic membership to "The Herd" - our monthly donor club that gets you invites to our livestreams, updates from the Reteti team, and more!


PLEASE NOTE
We are a US-based 5013C and therefore your monthly donation is 100% tax deductible for customers in the USA. Additionally, multiple adoptions of individual orphans enable us to cover the costs of caring for all the orphans at Reteti. Your contribution will help us cover the cost of milk, the keepers, veterinary cost and other essentials your your orphan needs.

Your monthly donation will support the rehabilitation and care of Seek on her journey back to the wild.

Adopt Seek