Under the Kilimanjaro, in the holy land of Africa, elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, etc have lived a peaceful life for thousands of years. But today, they are heading towards to their doomsday,
Kang Hanwen, heir of an ivory-craving family, chooses to be a war correspondent in Africa. Xue Hao, a graceful, smart girl, in order to relieve from the hurts of last relationship, goes to Africa to conserve elephants as a wildlife patrolman. They meet each other in Africa.
Xue Hao asks Kang Hanwen to film a documentary about elephant conservation. Together they fly across the Great Rift Valley, dance around the bonfire on the prairie, experience the thrilling fight between elephants and crocodiles, witness the cruelty of ivory poaching, survive the terrorist attack and rescue the elephant king in danger on their own...
Each year in Africa, almost 27,000 elephants are massacred for their ivories. Ivory poaching and the loss and fragmentation of habitats have caused the number of elephants drop by nearly 30%. The writer, Shi Fan, used to be the ambassador of Kenya for 5 years; he has witnessed the ivory poaching in person. The poachers use poisoned arrow, AK47 and even helicopter to poach elephants just for their ivory. Once the female elephant is killed, the baby elephant will be extremely hard to survive for baby elephants under 2 years old are only fed with their mother's breast milk.
Based on true incidents such as the killing of elephant king Satao, Cote d'Ivoire civil conflict, Kenya shopping mall attack toll, etc. Elephant Orphan is more like a documentary work. By telling the story of Kang and Xue's love for elephant king's family, their conflicts and fights with poachers and the two protagonists moving love, the writer expresses his call of stopping wildlife poaching and rethinking about the relationship of human and nature.