His father had served with the British Remounts during World War I, resettled near Nyeri and became a coffee farmer at Mweiga.
[1] Educated at the Canford School, David Sheldrick returned to Kenya until World War II began in 1939.
[1] At the age of 28 in 1948, David Sheldrick became the founder Warden of Tsavo, Kenya's largest National Park.
He had to deal with the problem of armed poachers, which he was forced to combat by utilizing staff from the Game Department and National Parks.
Among other activities the trust runs a Nursery for orphaned elephants and other animals in Nairobi National Park.