Category: Rescue Animals

A female leopard found herself trapped at the bottom of a 30-foot dry well in Assam, India, with no way to escape. The leopard had reportedly been stuck for hours when rescuers arrived. With the animal frightened and potentially dangerous, the rescue team first used a tranquilizer dart to safely sedate her. Then veterinarian Dr.…

Two Siberian tiger cubs found an unexpected new mother when a snowy white dog stepped in to care for them. The tiny cubs, Clyopa and Plyusha, needed a source of milk, so a nursing dog was brought in from a nearby village with her own puppies. Instead of rejecting the unusual pair, the dog accepted…

When Hunter was separated from his mother, the tiny Bengal tiger found comfort in the most unexpected place—a playful German Shorthaired Pointer puppy named Chelsea. Hunter was taken to The Farm Inn Hotel and Wildlife Sanctuary in Pretoria, South Africa, after his mother began behaving aggressively toward him. At only a few months old, the…

When Vicky Keahey first saw Aasha, she knew something was seriously wrong. The Bengal tiger was only nine months old but weighed just 30 pounds—roughly the weight a tiger can reach at around three months. She had been rescued from a traveling circus in March 2011 after being forced to share a cage with a…

When Doodlebug was first found abandoned, the tiny eastern grey kangaroo weighed only 3 pounds and was far too young to survive on his own. He needed care, warmth and plenty of attention. But along the way, Doodlebug found something else that seemed to make his new life a little easier—a soft teddy bear that…

Every morning in the quiet fishing town of Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera, a remarkable encounter unfolds at the harbor. A giant stingray glides toward the same spot near the dock, where a young boy waits eagerly by the water. What began as a simple encounter has turned into a heartwarming daily ritual that…

A sunrise photo shoot on a Florida beach suddenly turned into an unexpected rescue when photographer Suzanne Cosme spotted something unusual among the rocks. It was a massive sea turtle, weighing around 300 pounds, trapped between large rocks on the shoreline. Cosme had been taking photographs near the House of Refuge when she noticed the…

When rescuers found the sea turtle stranded on a Texas beach, she was barely moving. Her body and shell were covered in barnacles, algae, sediment and other organisms known as epibionts. The heavy growth had left the turtle lethargic and weighed down, suggesting she may have been struggling in the water for some time. According…

When beachgoers in the Netherlands noticed something unusual lying near the waterline, they initially thought it was a piece of driftwood. But then they saw it move. A young loggerhead sea turtle had washed ashore, exhausted and barely moving. Its shell and body were covered with mussels and other marine growth, making the turtle look…

At first glance, there was nothing unusual about the piece of sea debris lying on a Western Cape beach. But when rescuers noticed that it appeared to be moving, they stopped to take a closer look. What they discovered was something far more precious than a piece of ocean debris. Hidden beneath a thick layer…