This baby albino elephant is best friends with a sheep and their carer at a wildlife centre in South Africa.

Khanyisa, an orphaned elephant, was rescued after being found trapped in a poacher's snare and abandoned by her herd.

Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development took her in and have started integrating her into a new family.

During that time Khanyisa was introduced to Lammie the Legend, a sheep that has been a mother to many orphaned animals at the centre.

Footage from January 2020 shows the duo running together alongside their carer Samson.

When Khanyisa was first found she had bad wounds on her cheeks and the top section of her left ear was severed. It took three months for her wounds to heal.

Khanyisa is an orphaned albino elephant calf that miraculously survived, after being found and rescued in January 2020. She has been stuck in a poacher's snare and abandoned by her herd, the vets estimated she had been on her own for close to four days. Our team at Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development (HERD) have rehabilitated her over the past year and 3months and started integrating her into her new family, the Jabulani Herd.

During that time we introduced her to Lammie the Legend, a sheep that has been a mother to many orphaned animals, and serves as a friend and a maternal companion.

The blue on Khanyisa's face is antibiotic wounds spray that was applied to the wounds, after they were treated. Her wounds were severe, with both cheeks badly severed, the top section of her left ear completely severed, and the top of her head and back of her neck badly hurt too by the snare. It took 3 months to heal her wounds effectively, and we are glad that she is better now and enjoying the love of her new elephant family.


Orphaned albino baby elephant Khanyisa with her best friend, Lammie the sheep and her carer, Samson