Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) five to six week old cub playing with his mother, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) mother with young, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) mother resting in grass with young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Shin Yoshino / African Lion (Panthera leo) female grooming companions, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Lion (Panthera leo) three month old cub playing with patient African Lioness, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) pair grooming, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans, Malaika mothering Natumi, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby orphan meeting Malalka, an old female, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans playing in mud, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young orphan meeting an old orphan named Imenti, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan being greeted before sunrise on the first morning, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Orphanage, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya