Category: Rescue Animals

This is not just the story of one elephant. It’s a glimpse into a hidden world of pain, where countless gentle giants endure lives of unimaginable suffering. He was found with ropes embedded deep into his flesh, the wounds infected and oozing. Each step he took was a quiet cry for help—his legs trembling, his…

The 20 year old male strayed from its herd when it became trapped in the crater in Karnataka, South India The 20-year-old male strayed from its herd to look for food on a farm when it became trapped in Karnataka, south India. The 20-year-old male ventured out of the forest on his search when he became…

The four-month-old calf cries for help were noticed by locals who found the baby in a six-feet deep well in Ampara in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. A baby elephant became stuck in a six-foot well while it was trying to take a drink However they had some difficultly getting the baby elephant out…

  They are the first elephant twins born in captivity in Sri Lanka since 1941, according to elephant expert Jayantha Jayewardene. “Both the calves and the mother are doing fine,” said Renuka Bandaranaike, head of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. “The babies are relatively small, but they are healthy.” She said Surangi gave birth to a male…

For 55 long years, he worked without rest. Seven days a week, from sunrise to sunset, the old elephant hauled tourists, heavy logs, and the weight of a lifetime he never chose. His back bore deep scars from the saddle. His legs, once strong and proud, were worn thin by chains that cut into his…

  In the Marudhamalai area of Coimbatore, a mother elephant is receiving treatment for dehydration with the help of the forest department. The officers are currently searching for the mother elephant’s missing calf. The Maruthamalai area leads to a dense forest, which is frequently visited by wild elephants. In recent days, many videos were circulated…

A beautiful moment of how a released and rehabilitated elephant mama returned to a rescue centre was captured on camera. What is incredible is that she momentarily visited the place to introduce her newborn baby to introduce her to the keepers of the place. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an NGO dedicated to helping orphaned elephants, shared…

Dramatic pictures have captured the desperate – but ultimately tragic – effort to rescue a stricken elephant trapped a swamp in India. Dozens of villagers battled for more than six hours to pull the stranded animal, named Ayyappan after a Hindu deity, from a quagmire on the banks of the Vembanad Lake, near the southern…

  John Nicholls, 45, was in bed watching TV with his wife, Maureen, 50, at 9 pm on November 17 when he looked out the window and noticed an object in the sky. Nicholls dismissed it as a meteor or a planet but says it started making “odd shapes and changing colors” — going from…

They say that elephants never forget – but this confused baby certainly got himself in a muddle when he became separated from his herd. The young elephant and his family became mixed up with livestock belonging to the Samburu community in the remote Ndoto Mountains in Northern Kenya. Thirsty work: Ndotto the elephant, who got…