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Preview of Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti: Baby Steps

Season 44 Episode 11 | 30s

At Reteti Sanctuary in Kenya, the team helps a disabled orphan elephant named Long’uro find his confidence, nurses a sick calf back from the brink, and manages an unexpected encounter inside an enclosure.

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