Category: Rescue Animals
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Vets knelt beside the elephant torn by a land mine—her eyes full of pain, yet still trusting human hands to heal.
A 22-year-old female elephant is being treated by vets after her foot was severely wounded in a land mine explosion on the Thai-Myanmar border. Mae Ka Pae, as she is called, is the 13th mine casualty to be treated at the innovative Friends of Asian Elephant hospital since it began operating in 1993. She arrived…
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Limping in agony with a festering wound, the mother elephant cried silently—until rescuers freed her from the poacher’s brutal snare.
A quick-thinking wildlife rescue team have saved an elephant’s life after it was spotted with a hunter’s snare attached to its leg. The elephant, known as Martha, was seen with the looped piece of wire tightly cutting into her leg as she wandered the plains of Zimbabwe with her calf. Catherine Norton (centre) was part…
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Wounded by a trap and gunshot, the baby elephant collapsed—until rescuers arrived, offering life-saving care and a fragile chance at healing.
Item 1 of 5 A three-month-old injured baby elephant, rescued after being caught in a hunter’s trap and suffering from gunshot wounds arrives for medical treatment and recovery at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi, Thailand, December 1, 2021. A three-month-old baby elephant was recovering in Thailand on Thursday following lifesaving treatment after being…
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Alien hunters claim a mysterious ‘monolith’ on Mercury is a doorway to another world—fueling bizarre theories of interplanetary portals.
Hold on to your tin foil hats, because this is a good one. Alien hunters have found what they claim to be an unexplained shadow on Mercury, which is caused by a large structure. Alien hunters have found what they claim to be an unexplained shadow on Mercury, which is caused by a large structure.…
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Shot in the leg and trembling with pain, the baby elephant found hope again in the gentle hands of kind men.
In a remote village near the edge of a protected wildlife area, a baby elephant lay collapsed—its tiny leg shattered by a cruel bullet. Crying out in pain, the calf could barely move, left behind by its fleeing herd and facing a slow, agonizing death. Locals spotted the injured elephant dragging itself through the underbrush…
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The baby elephant, nearly dead from a poacher’s snare, whimpered softly—until vets gently packed his shredded foot with healing clay.
A baby elephant who almost died when he stepped on a poacher’s snare, severing his foot to the bone, has been saved by vets. Vets used natural green clay to pack the one-year-old calf’s foot to assist healing and prevent further infection after he was by found by a mobile veterinary unit in Taita-Taveta County,…
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Once left for dead by poachers, the baby elephant now heals—his scars fading as he finds hope and friendship anew.
Rescuers found the baby with a gaping wound in his head and badly damaged leg as he clung to life in an ivory poacher’s snare The baby elephant rescued from cruel poachers after suffering terrible injuries is already making a speedy recovery – and has even made new friends. Rescuers found the baby with a…
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The baby elephant, trapped in a poacher’s snare, cried in agony—until his herd gently surrounded him, guiding him toward safety.
While out on patrol in South Africa’s Londolozi Game Reserve recently, safari guide Amy Attenborough had what she calls the most “touching and incredible” elephant-viewing experiences she’s ever had – which speaks volumes about the bonds of loyalty these animals share with one another. In the dense shrubland of the reserve, Attenborough stopped to…
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The baby elephant, its leg mangled by a cruel snare, whimpered softly—until Sabah wildlife heroes lifted him into hope.
A female elephant calf here limped for days on an almost-severed foot before a team from the Wildlife Rescue Unit tracked it down for much-needed medical attention. The calf, estimated to be approximately two years old, had its right foot caught in a snare which resulted in a horrific injury that required the wildlife…
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Trapped by hunger, the elephant’s foot wedged in a tree trunk—he struggled for hours, dying slowly just inches from the fruit.
These tragic photographs show an elephant lying dead on the ground after getting its right foot stuck in a tree while reaching for a ripe jackfruit from higher branches. The animal was unable to free itself from the tree trunks in the Sholayar forest range in India and died later. This tragic picture shows an…