- Daphne Sheldrick was born on June 4, 1934 in Kenya. She is known for The Flame Trees of Thika (1981), Bloody Ivory (1978) and For the Love of Elephants (2010). She was married to Bill Woodley and David Sheldrick. She died on April 12, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- SpousesBill Woodley(1953 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)David Sheldrick(? - June 13, 1977) (his death, 2 children)
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1989 Queen's Honours List and awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to the conservation of wildlife especially elephants and to the local community in Kenya.
- Mother of two daughters, Jill Sheldrick and Angela Sheldrick.
- She runs an elephant preservation in Kenya.
- The worst thing we do to humans is give them life imprisonment for some terrible crime. There are lots of animals that can have a quality of life in a zoo situation. But not an elephant.
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