{"id":2188585,"date":"2025-09-26T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2188585"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:09:04","slug":"photographer-captures-pictures-of-worlds-happiest-elephant-herd-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/photographer-captures-pictures-of-worlds-happiest-elephant-herd-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Captures Pictures of World\u2019s Happiest Elephant Herd (LOOK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

An award-winning wildlife photographer believes he may have found the world\u2019s happiest elephant family\u2014and his pics will make you feel all warm inside.<\/p>\n

Andy Rouse documented the African herd in Kenya and described the playful young calves that were fascinated with branches.<\/p>\n

In the setting sun, the British tour guide shot pics of the small elephants while they played tug-of-war and ran toward Andy\u2019s vehicle pretending to charge it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lead safari tours several times a year and love going to Samburu in Kenya because the elephants there are special,\u201d he told SWNS news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very very relaxed and, because of this, the herds will let you get very close to them and will pass close to vehicles without any issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am completely relaxed with the incredible elephants of Samburu. On this occasion we found a large breeding herd with several youngsters less than 3 months old, who were very playful.<\/p>\n

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Andy Rouse \/ SWNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe positioned the vehicle well ahead of them so the matriarch had time to get used to us and felt comfortable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so important when you work with elephants\u2014as I have done for all of my 25-year career\u2014that you understand them and work within their tolerances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe female and the herd settled around us grazing. The calves took it upon themselves to create havoc, chasing birds, doing mock charges to our vehicle and playing tug-of-war with branches.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir antics made us laugh out loud.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Andy Rouse \/ SWNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYoung elephants are lovable idiots and I so love working with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thirty minutes that we spent with this herd was all the more special as I had my 10-year-old daughter on her first safari.<\/p>\n

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Andy Rouse \/ SWNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTo dictate to her about the wonder of elephants, the dangers saving them and the need to conserve them was a special thing indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article<\/a> was first published by Good News Network on 14 September 2025. Lead Image: Andy Rouse captured antics of Kenyan family of elephants \u2013 SWNS.
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