An unusual friendship

This story happens in (a)   Africa

The baby elephant doesn't have mother anymore. The elephant is an (a)  

The young elephant needs their mother's (a)   for two years

The vets who were worried watched the young elephant from a (a)  

Sometimes another mother elephant in the (a)   might take care of the young elephant and feed it

Other elephants couldn't help because they (a)   have much milk

Without the mother, the baby elephant was getting (a)   each day

The vets were getting (a)   to see the baby elephant because it was walking more and more slowly

What name did the keepers give to this young elephant?

(a)  

Themba was (a)   and miserable after losing his mother