Category: Rescue Animals
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The heartbroken elephant stood over her dead calf, unmoving—refusing food, her silent grief stretching through endless days of unbearable loss.
Forest rangers in Gudalur, southern India, are increasingly worried about the female elephant, which has refused to eat and stands guarding her baby. Rangers say it shows the deep bond between mother and child elephants Heartbreaking pictures show an elephant who refuses to leave her dead calf’s corpse – refusing food and charging at anyone…
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Orphaned and alone, the baby elephants found each other—now inseparable, their bond blossomed through shared sorrow and a ranger’s gentle care.
Two orphaned baby elephants have become best friends after being rescued by a wildlife trust. Ashaka and Kamok were discovered in the wild separately after being abandoned by their mothers a year ago. Ashaka (left) and Kamok (right) were rescued by rangers and taken to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi National Park in…
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In Kenya, orphaned baby elephants are cradled with love—each rescue a tender promise of healing, hope, and a second chance.
To mark World Elephant Day, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has released behind-the-scenes pictures of efforts to save orphaned baby elephants in Africa, where up to 35,000 animals are killed for their tusks each year. As elephant populations suffer losses from poaching, habitat destruction and human conflict, the charity travels across Kenya to treat injured…
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Orphaned and grieving, the baby elephants are gently wrapped in blankets—soft warmth mimicking the mothers they’ll never feel again.
If you’re feeling the big chill that’s descended on much of the Northern hemisphere, then you’re probably wrapped up nice and warm with a big blanket. But whilst a winter blanket might be everyone’s latest seasonal obsession (and something of a fashion statement), at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Elephant Orphanage in Kenya, the…
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After eight lonely years, Kavaan found hope again—rescued by Cher, he learned to believe in life, love, and freedom.
Pointed bull hooks lunged into Kaavan’s side. Crowds had lined the fence of his enclosure to see Pakistan’s only Asian elephant and the sharp jab had meant that he was being told to perform for them. Kaavan was once dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’. He is pictured in Marghazar Zoo, Islamabad, Pakistan before he was rescued Pakistani…
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Sunder the elephant, once chained and beaten, now walks free—each step a triumph of love, courage, and long-awaited freedom.
Sunder is given as a gift to a temple in Kolhapur, India. At the temple, Sunder spends his days alone and chained in a dark shed. His mahout (handler) regularly beats him. Can you imagine being kept in a dark room by yourself and only ever seeing someone who hurts you? 2012 At one point, in…
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The mother elephant nudged her lifeless calf, eyes full of sorrow—refusing to believe the stillness that shattered her world.
Elephants are exceptionally intelligent animals, capable of experiencing and understanding a wide range of emotions. Not only that, they also understand death and suffering, in the same way humans do and a video going viral is a proof of the same. In the heart-wrenching video, a mother elephant tries to revive her three-year-old dead calf…
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Abandoned by his mother, the baby elephant wept—until the camp embraced him, becoming the family his heart so desperately needed.
In the lush forests of Tamil Nadu, a tiny elephant calf, initially rejected by its mother, found itself alone and lost in the wilderness. But this tale of heartbreak soon turned into one of hope and warmth. Rescued by kind-hearted caregivers, the precious baby jumbo was brought to an elephant feeding camp. In the lush…
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In a magical moment, a rare pink elephant calf appeared in Kruger National Park—reminding us nature still holds gentle surprises.
A one-year-old baby elephant was photographed in South Africa. He is different from his peers as his skin is very light (and pink). Due to these extremely rare characteristics, the baby elephant would be vulnerable, but his group has accepted him fully In an extraordinary sighting within the expanse of Kruger National Park in South…
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In a super cute moment, the elephant gently tugged her playful baby away, as it joyfully tried befriending amused tourists.
A heart-warming video every parent will relate to shows the cute moment a patient wild elephant mum has to repeatedly try and get her calf to stop playing with the humans. In an incredible sighting filmed this week, a herd of elephants were crossing the path of a safari group in Ndutu, Tanzania, in the…