Rory Hensman

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☨ Rory Hensman
Profession	camp director
Personal details
Born	in Zimbabwe

Dead	2013


Spouse(s)	1993 - 2013 Lindie Hensman

Residence
Country	South Africa

Locations
Title	owner 2002-2013
Location	at Elephants for Africa Forevers elephants in South Africa

Title	owner-2013
Location	at Adventures With Elephants in South Africa

Title	owner-2002
Location	at Braeside Farm (Rory Hensman)s elephants in Zimbabwe

Biography details

Rory Hensman , camp director in South Africa

Hensman was born * in Zimbabwe dead 2013

⚭ Married 1993 to Lindie Hensman born .

Rory Hensman grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, surrounded by both wild and domestic animals. As a father, he wanted his children to experience nature the same way he did, so he converted one of his agricultural farms into a game reserve. During the Culling operations in Zimbabwe, he received two young elephants which, due to their young age, had to be hand-reared.

He soon ended up with a Herd of twelve elephants on the farm but in 2002, Rory and his family were forced to leave Zimbabwe and they began their elephant operations in South Africa. In 2003, he started Elephants for Africa Forever, an organization that took in problem elephants due to be culled and instead tamed and trained them. In 2010, Adventures with Elephants, the home base of RHCRU, was established. Sadly, Rory passed in 2013, but his legacy and passion for elephants live on through the Rory Hensman Conservation and Research Unit.

Family

Total: 1 children

Sean Hensman. Born: ?.

Rory Hensman is mentioned on 2 location pagesBraeside Farm (Rory Hensman), Elephants for Africa Forever,

Rory Hensman is mentioned on 2 elephant record pagesJumbo, Miss Ellie,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Rory Hensman in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=791. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.rhcru.org/about

Selected publications

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