Kenya's Orphaned Elephant Mbegu Returns to the Wild but 'Still Manages to Eat Us Out of House and Home'

Kenya's orphaned elephant Mbegu returns to the wild but 'still manages to eat us out of house and home'

Mbegu, an orphaned elephant who spent more than a decade being cared for by people, has reached a major milestone by starting life back in the wild. She has not stopped visiting entirely, though, and those drop-ins apparently come with a big appetite. What happened? In a recent update on Instagram, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust) said Mbegu has entered a new phase after the organization rescued her in 2014 and looked after her for yea…

Wild elephant Plai Duan wanders out of Khao Yai Park again

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — 26 July 2026, Plai Duan, a wild elephant known for regularly venturing outside Khao Yai National Park in search of food, was spotted rummaging through a local resident’s home early Sunday morning. A video posted on Facebook by Prathap Wang Lik Klang, a volunteer involved in pushing wild elephants back into Khao Yai National Park, showed Plai Duan foraging outside the park before entering a house in Mu Si subdistrict, Pak Chon…