"Just like human babies, they want to be close to you, to be touched, to be comforted", Abdul Kashi, a keeper at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust says. And little wonder, as these gentle growing giants escape from the constant threat of poaching and drought. A lifetime's work by David Sheldrick's widow has ensured that the baby elephants have somewhere to grow strong. But while there are happy endings - one adult elephant enters the wild again - there are also deep underlying problems. Everyone at the Trust is worried about the decline in biodiversity in eastern Africa. "What you can see in the nursery is a microcosm of what is going on in the bush", explains Daphne. And the drought has ensured that their intake of orphaned elephants has doubled in the past year alone.