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Daphne Sheldrick(1934-2018)

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Daphne Sheldrick in Born to Be Wild (2011)
My Wild Affair: The Elephant Who Found A Mom
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Daphne Sheldrick was born on 4 June 1934 in Kenya. She was a writer, known for Survival (1961), The Flame Trees of Thika (1981) and For the Love of Elephants (2010). She was married to Bill Woodley and David Sheldrick. She died on 12 April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
BornJune 4, 1934
DiedApril 12, 2018(83)
BornJune 4, 1934
DiedApril 12, 2018(83)
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Known for

Survival (1961)
Survival
8.8
TV Series
  • Writer
Hayley Mills in The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
The Flame Trees of Thika
7.8
TV Mini Series
  • Additional Crew
For the Love of Elephants (2010)
For the Love of Elephants
8.9
  • Self (The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust)
  • 2010
Bloody Ivory (1978)
Bloody Ivory
  • Self
  • 1978

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Hayley Mills in The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
    The Flame Trees of Thika
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • animal consultant
    • 1981

Writer

  • Survival (1961)
    Survival
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1986

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My Wild Affair: The Elephant Who Found A Mom
Trailer 1:01
My Wild Affair: The Elephant Who Found A Mom
My Wild Affair
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My Wild Affair
My Wild Affair
Trailer 0:30
My Wild Affair
Born to Be Wild
Featurette 2:33
Born to Be Wild

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Wildlife foundation
  • Alternative names
    • Dame Daphne Sheldrick
  • Born
    • June 4, 1934
    • Kenya
  • Died
    • April 12, 2018
    • Nairobi, Kenya(breast cancer)
  • Spouses
      Bill Woodley1953 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Book: "Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story" . Picador ISBN-13: 978-1250033376

Did you know

  • Trivia
    She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1989 Queen's Honours List and awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to the conservation of wildlife especially elephants and to the local community in Kenya.
  • Quotes
    The worst thing we do to humans is give them life imprisonment for some terrible crime. There are lots of animals that can have a quality of life in a zoo situation. But not an elephant.

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