Category: Rescue Animals
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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”…
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Lost and scared, the baby elephant was gently rescued in Johor—its eyes lighting up as kindness replaced fear with hope.
A baby elephant which got separated from its family and was wandering close to the human population was rescued by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) in Mersing, Johor. According to the Perhilitan official Facebook page, the juvenile elephant, no taller than a grown man, had gotten lost and separated from its herd…
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Trapped and terrified, the wild elephant struggled between railway barricades—until foresters arrived, offering hope where fear had taken root.
While railway barricades have been placed along the forest fringe, the elephants outdo the barricades and risk their lives to move across the estates. Madikeri: A wild elephant that was stuck between a railway barricade was rescued by the forest department officials. The incident was reported at Valnuru-Tyagathuru limits in Kushalnagar taluk. A female wild…
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Abandoned and pulled from a deep well, the baby elephant trembled—until her first airplane ride carried her toward a loving home.
Her name is Korbessa, named after the region, where she was found stuck in a well. The tiny days old calf fondly called “little frog” might have been timid and shy, but she is growing to be a bossy little madam, and the cleverest of all elephants rescued by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in…
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Tears rolled down the abused elephant’s face as chains were removed—each drop a release from years of pain and captivity.
For the better part of the last 20 years, this noble elephant named Kabu had been forced to slave away in chains – but now she’s finally free. And just as her body bears the scars of decades of mistreatment, her eyes are now shimmering with signs of hope. Kabu’s story is an all…
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Heartbreaking footage shows a crying orphaned baby elephant—its silent tears a warning as half of all species face extinction.
Upsetting scenes in his new series, which starts today, show a parched and psychologically damaged baby elephant — its adult relatives killed by extreme droughts — cry out as rescuers squirt water into its mouth. Sir David Attenborough confronts viewers with some of the most shocking images of his 66-year BBC careerCredit: PA:Press Association In…