Category: Rescue Animals
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With trunks wrapped in gentle embrace, elephants show deep emotional bonds—reminding us that love and connection may help save their kind.
When at last after three exhausting days of tranquilizers and mud he stood swaying on the back of a truck destined for the national forest, Suria leaned in close, swung her trunk around and began lightly massaging his nose. He responded by twisting his trunk tightly around hers, clinging to her like a drowning…
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Ramba, once a circus prisoner, stepped onto sanctuary soil—her eyes wide with wonder, tasting freedom for the very first time.
An Asian elephant that spent decades performing in South American circuses has started a new life in an open-air sanctuary in Brazil, after travelling thousands of kilometers by plane and truck from a Chilean zoo. Ramba’s much-anticipated arrival at the 1,133-hectare (2,800-acre) Elephant Sanctuary Brazil in the central west state of Mato Grosso late on…
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The Peaceful Sleep of Rescued Elephants: A Gentle Triumph of Love and Safety
After years of suffering in silence—chained, beaten, and worked to exhaustion—many elephants finally find what they’ve never known before: peace. In sanctuaries across the world, their first moments of rest are more than just sleep—they are quiet testaments to resilience and the healing power of compassion. These gentle giants, once trembling in fear and pain,…
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Photos capture the world’s saddest baby elephants—eyes hollow, bodies bruised, their innocence stolen by chains, loneliness, and a life of sorrow.
Zimbabwe captured dozens of baby elephants over the past year, tearing them away from their mothers and herds. Some young elephants shipped from Zimbabwe have already been placed in zoos, like these babies at the Taiyuan Zoo in China’s Shanxi Province. These photos give a glimpse of what likely awaits the baby elephants in their…
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A heartbreaking aerial shot reveals the elephant’s mutilated body—lifeless and torn, a silent victim of poachers’ relentless greed.
A heartbreaking image shows a mutilated elephant dead on the ground after poachers hacked its head in half to get its ivory tusks. South African photojournalist Justin Sullivan, 28, used a drone to capture the devastation caused by poaching, with the trunk a few feet from the majestic mammal’s head which is believed to…
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Without hesitation, the mother elephant plunged into the raging river, heart racing, to save her newborn—driven purely by love.
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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Heartbreaking images reveal three elephants and a stillborn calf, lifeless by the tracks—their final moments stolen by a speeding train.
The beasts, including a pregnant cow and her unborn calf, were struck by the locomotive the Nagaon district in the state of Assam THREE elephants were killed after they were hit by a speeding train in India. The beasts, including a pregnant cow and her unborn calf, were struck by the locomotive the Nagaon district…
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Trapped between tree stumps for a day, the baby elephant cried softly—until rescuers arrived, bringing freedom, comfort, and gentle hands.
A baby elephant was rescued after becoming trapped in mud in Zimbabwe, on 2 October. Greg Hall and his group were travelling through Lake Kariba when they came across the trapped five-year-old. Rescuers carefully maneuvered ropes around the youngster’s legs and torso to free her. After her escape, the elephant ran towards her rescuers before…
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After fifty years in chains and pain, Raju the elephant shed silent tears—each drop a whisper of freedom finally found.
These incredible pictures show the moment an elephant who was held in chains and beaten and abused for fifty years cried as he was released to freedom. Raju the elephant was left bleeding from spiked shackles and living on hand-outs from passing tourists after he was captured and tied up by his ‘owner’. Raju the…
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With playful determination, the clumsy elephant struggled over the fence—capturing hearts as it reminded us even giants have gentle moments.
This is the hilarious moment an elephant gets stuck as it tries to climb over a fence after raiding crops in India. The animal was caught on camera in Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka, southwestern India, on November 16. This is the hilarious moment an elephant finds itself in a sticky situation after attempting to…