Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development (HERD) - South Africa’s first dedicated Elephant Orphanage 🐘 501(c)(3) Charity & South African PBO HERD (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation & Development) is South Africa's first elephant orphanage HERD-USA is an IRS 501c3 Not-For-Profit Organisation that supports the efforts of HERD elephant orphanage based in South Africa. The South African team rescues and rehabilitates elephants that are in need due to natural reasons or human conflict. HERD is South Africa’s first elephant orphanage, and was independently established in 2021, after 24 years of successful caring for a herd of rescued elephants under the umbrella of another wildlife rescue non-profit organisation. HERD was developed as a response to the growing number of orphaned elephants in need, and HERD-USA was incorporated to raise funds and awareness in the United States, for plight of African Elephants, and support fully the rescue and rehabilitation efforts of the South African team on the frontline.