Category: Rescue Animals
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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…
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The mother elephant stood firm beside her trapped calf, refusing to leave—her unwavering love stronger than fear or danger.
Officers sedated the female elephant believed to be the calf’s mother and drove the others away before freeing the calf. Netizens in Malaysia were moved by a mother elephant’s love after she stayed by her calf’s side when the younger animal was caught in a rope snare at an oil palm plantation in the north-eastern…
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Without hesitation, the mother elephant leapt into the raging river—her heart guiding her to save the newborn she couldn’t lose.
Last week, an elephant named Soutine was crossing a river in Kenya with her 3-week-old calf when the worst thing happened — the newborn calf lost his balance and was swept downstream by raging waters. She takes several big leaps through the water before she can catch her calf with her outstretched trunk. But her…
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For 15 years, the sad elephant has swayed alone in a bleak enclosure—mourning the best friend she lost forever.
An African elephant at a zoo in India has been isolated in a bleak enclosure for 15 years following the death of his only companion. Now, a petition has been launched to remove the elephant from the zoo and rehabilitate him with other African elephants. The petition was filed by 16-year-old Nikita Dhawan, who is…
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The traumatized baby elephant pressed against his mother’s lifeless body, eyes filled with sorrow—mourning the love poachers cruelly stole away.
THIS is the heartbreaking moment a traumatised baby elephant mourns her dead mother following a raid by poachers. Roi was found in a state of distress by her mother’s body Surrounded by other members of the herd, 10-month old Roi was seen tenderly caressing the body of her parent – who had been killed by…
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With unsteady legs and wide-eyed wonder, the newborn elephant took its first wobbly steps—melting hearts with every tiny, brave movement.
If you have time for just one dose of animal cuteness today, make it this heart-warming video snippet of a newborn elephant taking its first wobbly steps in South Africa’s Londolozi Game Reserve. Forming a protective barricade around the new arrival, the rest of the herd is quick to lend a helping trunk as the…
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Once starving and near death, the rescued baby elephants now walk with strength—each step a silent echo of what they survived.
Lost, alone and having suffered life-threatening injuries in the drought-ravaged savannah, the future seemed bleak for these two orphaned baby elephants. Kadiki had been attacked by a lion when only a day old, suffering deep claw wounds to her trunk and terrible damage to her tail. She was so young, she had not yet been…
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Alone and shivering, the tiniest elephant they’d ever seen stood barely breathing—his eyes searching desperately for a mother long gone.
A 3-day-old orphaned elephant calf – so vulnerable his umbilicus has not yet been sealed – has been rescued after being found nearly unconscious in Zimbabwe. The baby was found in the Save Valley conservancy area of Zimbabwe by local parks rangers, says Jos Danckwerts, who works at ZEN along with his mother and…
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Starved and broken, Moti the elephant died just 11 days after rescue—finally at peace, but too late to truly live.
A starved captive elephant has died 11 days after being rescued, due to his severe injuries caused by neglect. The Asian elephant, named “Moti,” was found collapsed in the foothills of the Indian state of Uttarakhand after being neglected by his owner for months. He was in critical condition and on the “verge of death”…