Lino Marano, an old fox of Africa, was moved as a child when a four-day elephant arrived at Tsavo Buffalo Camp, the prestigious Savana Malindi Key Group lodge he manages.
"Pippi" as it was dubbed the orphaned puppy, was made immediately to love and was adopted by the field staff, although it will be the "Sheldrick 'association to maintain it, as with the elephants.
Mummy was found dead not far away, but the little one, as in a kind of premonition, went to the Italian camp to find out who could save him from a destiny that seemed already written. And it was so. In the picture you see the affection of the little man against Marano. "It often happens in safari to meet the elephants entire families - says Marano - but trovarsene one in front, who quietly and confidently asks you for help, is an emotion difficult to put into words." Pippi has been treated with milk and plenty of water behind her ears to avoid dehydration and, after the loving care of the Sheldrick Foundation, who took him to Nairobi by plane, will be released.
The Malindi Key Group, through the voice of its founder, Marco Vancini, adopt the little remote and will strive in the future to safeguard other puppies in difficulty, especially because of the drought which ultimately endangers the lives of many animals. But the episodes of solidarity by the Italians of Africa with regard to local fauna are now a pleasant habit that we always like to tell.