Category: Rescue Animals

A brave diver saved a ‘frightened’ giant sperm whale that he has ‘known’ for a decade – by slashing through ropes that had become wrapped around its lower jaw and anchored to the bottom of the ocean. Hugues Vitry decided to help the sperm whale who was tangled in a number of ropes in the…

It was an ordinary day for Jack Thompson as he drove through a quiet stretch of highway when an unexpected visitor dropped in—quite literally. A majestic bald eagle, appearing suddenly out of the blue, fell right onto the hood of Jack’s car! Pulling over to assess the situation, he was startled to find the bird…

This is the tear-jerking moment a bear saw snow for the first time after spending 20 years of his life in a cage. Buri was taken as a cub and has never been outside. From his dental records, researchers believe he is about 20. Three weeks ago Buri was rescued from captivity by a team…

A baby bald eagle is back safe at home thanks to a team of conservationists who rescued the chick after its parent accidentally knocked the eaglet out of their nest. Sharpe told the outlet that the chick — born on April 6 — fell into a gully somewhere between 10 to 15 feet below its…

A couple who witnessed a pair of bald eagles plunge into a Maine river, tangled in what they later called a “death spiral,” cruised out onto the water, saving the birds’ lives. On one September day, as the couple were looking out over the water, two bald eagles flew overhead and became tangled in the…

This incident happened years ago when Lawrence Anthony, a conservationist, and writer called “The Elephant Whisperer”, died. Though uninformed of the occurrence, a herd of wild elephants, who were traveling to his house in the South African state of Kwazulu-Natal, helped rescue and rehabilitation after his death. They stood around the house for two days…

When I looked closely, I saw that it was still a small fawn. There was no sign of the mother deer nearby. The animals are a cartoon-like combination of a mother dog and a newborn fawn. Then the deer did something surprising. She begged for milk, as if she thought of Sadie as her mother.…

These snow-white lions in winter were born in a Caesarian procedure at a German wild animal park after the pregnancy of their mother went unnoticed. White lion babies Niza, left, and Nero are held by keeper Hanze Hamza 13 days after their surprise birth Nero takes a bites in the nose of veterinarian Michael Booer.…

Last week, a farmer in Yadavwadi, India, went to turn on the water pump of his well when he noticed something strange. There was someone at the bottom, staring up at him with wide, helpless eyes — it was a leopard. Thankfully, the farmer knew what to do — he alerted the local forestry department, which…