Category: Rescue Animals
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“Goodbye, Mama” — Elephant Calves Tenderly Say Farewell to Their Ailing Mother in a Heartbreaking Moment of Love and Loss
Nalakite was everything to her three calves. Not only had the elephant matriarch given birth to them, but she’d raised them and guided them through life. So when Nalakite became terminally ill, her children were understandably distressed. The rangers, who work for Elephant Aware Masai Mara, an organization that monitors and protects elephants in the…
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Heartbroken Zoo Elephant Mourns the Loss of Her Last Companion, Left Alone with Only Memories of Her Lost Family
Johannesburg Zoo, where Lammie has lived for the entire 39 years of her life, believes it can help Lammie by getting another captive elephant to be her friend. Yet animal welfare advocates believe this could do more harm than good — for both Lammie and the newcomer. While Lammie has only known life at Johannesburg…
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Rescuers Race Against Time to Save a Seal with Its Mouth Trapped in a Red Bull Can, Desperately Clinging to Life
Rescuers are desperately trying to find a seal that got its mouth stuck on a discarded Red Bull can. Onlookers alerted lifeboat teams after the marine mammal was spotted with the empty drink container dumped by a litter bug. Rescuers are desperately trying to find a seal that got its mouth stuck on a discarded…
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Heartwarming Moment: Matriarch Elephant Gently Lifts Struggling Baby Up the Riverbank, Showing the Unbreakable Bond of Family
Watch this adorable footage of the herd’s matriarch using her trunk to help lift a baby elephant up the side of a riverbank as he finds himself getting stuck. Watch this adorable footage of the herd’s matriarch using her trunk to help lift a baby elephant up the side of a riverbank as he finds…
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Blind Coyote Overcomes Unimaginable Hardships—Then Stuns Rescuers by Welcoming a Litter of Precious Puppies
Staff members at Animal Rescue Team have learned to expect a surprise or two from the coyote they rescued just six weeks ago. After all, she was the same animal who survived a 30-foot drop into a dried-out riverbed, dehydration, exposure to poison and, yes, a gunshot to the head. But they didn’t expect to…
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Heartwarming Moment: Orphaned Elephant Tries to Hold His Bottle Alone, Touching the Hearts of Animal Lovers Everywhere
The moving moment when an orphan elephant tries to take the bottle without the help of his caregiver, has conquered all lovers of the animal kingdom. There are many elephants who have rescued, some in more deplorable conditions than others, the vast majority victims of poaching . Bondeni arrived at the Animal Rescue Center in…
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After 50 Years in Chains, the ‘Unluckiest Elephant’ Finally Feels Freedom and Embraces the Love He Always Deserved
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Heroic Man Dives Into Water to Rescue a Drowning 400-Pound Bear, Risking Everything to Give It a Second Chance
For one bear in 2008, that spur of the moment decision was the first event in what soon became the craziest day of his life. Animal control soon arrived to tranquilize the bear, but the sedative didn’t fully kick in right away, and the semi-drugged-up bear began to wander. Acting adventurously in his purple haze,…
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Orphaned Bear Cubs Rescued After Losing Their Mother in a Tragic Car Crash, Finding Hope in a Second Chance at Life
Three bear cubs are beary lucky to be alive after a car just narrowly missed hitting them but sadly crashed into their mother and killed her on a busy Arizona roadway. Family Realizes Pet Dog Might Be a Bear After Animal Starts to Walk Around on Hind Legs A spokesperson for the Arizona Game and…
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Brave Bears Risk Everything to Pull Their Injured Cub from a Busy Road, Refusing to Leave Their Fallen Family Behind
As it falls and eventually lies down in the street, a large bear emerges from beside it, looking warily into the traffic before venturing out to grab the smaller bear by the scruff of its neck. The video, filmed in Immokalee, Florida, captures the injured black bear cub as it stumbles in the busy road…