Susan Sarandon’s desperate plea for orphans

American actress and activist Susan Sarandon has appealed to her 839,000 Instagram followers to support a cause she holds very near and dear to her heart: elephants. 

The star took to social media to champion elephants while also revealing that she had fostered an elephant named Mbegu at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Kenya.

 

I fostered an elephant named Mbegu for Marlowe at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage and you can too. For 40 years ‪@DSWT has‬ been working to rescue and rehabilitate elephants. Today, on World Elephant Day, visit helloinelephant.com and join the conversation that can help us save the next orphan. ‪#WorldElephantDay‬ #HelloInElephant ?

A post shared by Susan Sarandon (@susansarandon) on Aug 12, 2017 at 9:02am PDT

She told her followers that they could also foster an elephant of their own in order to support the orphanage, which has been rescuing and rehabilitating elephants for 40 years. 

The 70-year-old is not only known for her on-screen career, she is also a social and political activist for a variety of causes. 

A day ago, Sarandon posted a video of elephants saying “hello” and once again encouraged her followers to “help save this endangered language”.

 

I translated “HELLO” into Elephant! Click the vid to hear how elephants say hi to one another and then visit helloinelephant.com to make your own translation and help save this endangered language. #HelloInElephant #WorldElephantDay

A post shared by Susan Sarandon (@susansarandon) on Aug 11, 2017 at 8:00am PDT

Elephants have been poached for years over their ivory tusks. It’s been estimated that Kenya has around 38,000 elephants left with statistics from 2013 showing more than 300 elephants were lost each year to poaching. 

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