Category: Rescue Animals
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“You Look a Little Messy” – Rescued Owl Endures a Bath After Being Trapped, Finding Kindness and a Fresh Start
“A local citizen found the owl in an area near her house,” Courtney Gerspacher, lead animal care technician at Florida Wildlife Hospital, told The Dodo. “She wasn’t the one who put out the glue trap, but she did find the owl in it.” “He did not look too good when he first came in,” Gerspacher…
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Lost and Alone – Kind Officers Rescue a Stranded Seal Wandering in Traffic, Offering Compassion to an Unlikely Visitor
It’s not unusual to see harbor seals lounging on the rocks and beaches of Long Island, but Southampton, New York drivers were not expecting to see one in the middle of the road! Authorities say the baby seal must have been chasing fish up the Peconic River when it wandered into a park to rest…
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“Just little more, baby. I’m with you” With Love and Courage, a Mother Moose Dives Into a Raging River to Save Her Drowning Calf From Certain Death
Many a youngster will do everything they can to avoid the soap and flannel at the end of the day when bath time comes around, but this young calf has more reason than most to fear water. He got more than he bargained for when he strayed too far from the safety of mother moose…
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Heroes Rush to Save a Bald Eagle Struck by a Car—Wounded and Weak, It Finds a Second Chance at Life
During the winter food can become scarce for lots of wildlife. For birds of prey, many will revert to eating roadkill along roads and highways during this time. In Oregon this week, a male bald eagle was reportedly feeding on such a meal near highway I-84 when he was hit by a car. A rescue…
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Perro callejero obeso es el ‘hazmerreír’ del vecindario, hasta que alguien finalmente escucha su dolor silencioso
Una perrita callejera siempre esperará ardientemente ser alimentada por los transeúntes. Pero claro que nunca imagina que su desesperación por la comida, la lleve a convertirse en la burla de muchos. La alimentación poco saludable terminó por afectar a la perrita de 9 años a tales proporciones que gradualmente alcanzó una obesidad mórbida preocupante. Tristemente,…
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What’s Happening, Little Boy?—Brave Police Officer Risks His Life to Save a Sick Bear Cub Struggling to Keep Up With His Family
This police officer showed so much kindness to a little bear in need. State Trooper Thomas Owens had seen countless black bears during his time working in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. After all, New Hampshire is home to around 5,000 bears, and many called this particular forest home. After spending so long around…
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Oh Dear! How Long Have You Been Stuck?—Fishing Couple Risk Everything to Save a Starving Arctic Fox Stranded on an Iceberg
A starving and cold Arctic fox clinging to a teetering iceberg has been saved in a daring rescue by a couple fishing for crabs. Mallory Harrigan and her boyfriend Cliff Russell were four miles off mainland Labrador in William’s Harbour, Canada, when they spotted what they thought was a baby seal. Can you see the stranded…
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Aww, Look! I Have a New Leg!—Farmers Give an Alpaca a Second Chance with a Prosthetic, Restoring Her Joy and Spirit
When John Barnett went out to the barn at Blowing Oaks Ranch in Batesville, Arkansas to check on their alpaca herd, he was alarmed to discover that 6-week-old Cinco had broken his leg while playing. Since animals sometimes keep running on broken limbs, the alpaca had damaged his leg so badly that it had to…
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‘Enjoy Your Life, Buddy’—After 9 Years in a Torture Vest, Rescued Black Bear Finally Experiences the Joy of Water
These bears are black in color and have a adorable white crescent-shaped marking on their breast. Spent 9 Years In A Torture Vest – Can Not Have The Enjoyment When Seeing The Water For The First Time After many years of coming from one of these farms and living in uncomfortable cages, Tuffy was rescued…
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‘Where Are We, Mother?’—Orphaned Baby Animal Clings to a Traffic Cone, Desperately Mistaking It for Her Lost Mom
This past June, a Good Samaritan was walking near Mountcharles Pier in Donegal, Ireland, when they noticed a bright orange traffic cone poking out from the marshy water along the coast. The passerby soon realized the heartbreaking truth. The baby was an orphaned seal pup, only a few days old, and she was clinging to…