Sasha Lowuekuduk: The elephant whisperer

Sasha Dorothy Lowuekuduk feeding a baby elephant at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Samburu. PHOTO | COURTESY | AMI VITALE

When she was growing up, Dorothy Sasha Lowuekuduk never thought she would end up taking care of elephants. Her first encounter with an elephant wasn’t even in her home county of Samburu in northern Kenya.

Dorothy went to high school in Nakuru County, where she was the chair of the Wildlife Club.