Category: Rescue Animals

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We found her alone—chained to a tree deep in the woods, her eyes heavy with pain and confusion. Once a logging elephant, she spent her short life hauling massive timber through unforgiving terrain. The harness, worn for years without care, carved deep wounds into her side, forming a painful mass that left her unfit to…

Starving and skeletal, the pygmy elephant calves lay weak in the Borneo mud—abandoned, yet still clinging to life and silent hope.

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Two starving pygmy elephant calves have been rescued by wildlife authorities on Borneo after they were apparently abandoned by their mothers. Plantation workers discovered a two-year-old female elephant stuck in a moat on Friday, two weeks after a 6-month-old female was found wandering in another plantation in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state. Laurentius Ambu, director of…

The rescued elephant calf emerged from the abandoned well trembling—then let out a joyful trumpet, sensing safety and love at last.

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After much effort, wildlife officers and area residents yesterday managed to rescue an elephant calf who had fallen down an abandoned well at Kudamedawachchiya in Karuwalagaswewa. The Department of Wildlife Conservation’s (DWC) Karuwalagaswewa office said officers arrived on the scene yesterday after being informed by area residents that an elephant calf had fallen down an…

El perro se lanzó valiente a las vías, protegiendo con su cuerpo al niño con Síndrome de Down hasta llegar ayuda.

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Los beneficios que aporta la presencia de un perro en el hogar son innumerables. La compañía de un peludo mejora la calidad de vida de todo ser humano, preserva el equilibro físico y mental, y disminuye la depresión en general. Esta es la historia de Alejandro, un adorable perrito pastor alemán que se encargó de…

With bleeding legs and frightened eyes, baby elephants limped through the brush—victims of hidden snares they never saw coming.

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Snares are strands of wire usually strung up between two tree trunks low to the ground. They are often used to catch zebra and wildebeest, so they can be sold illegally for bushmeat. This is a very common form of poaching in the Mara and one MEP patrol units often run into. In August alone,…

Alone and terrified, the abandoned elephant calf was rescued in Bandhavgarh—its tiny cries echoing through a forest haunted by death.

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In a concerning development, a 3-month-old wild elephant calf was found abandoned in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, located approximately 40 km from the area where 10 elephants mysteriously died earlier this month. The calf, in poor health and separated from its herd, was discovered by forest officials on Friday morning. According to APCCF L Krishnamurthy, the…

The snared elephant calf lay trembling, flesh torn and eyes wide with fear—until rescuers arrived, offering pain, hope, and healing.

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As we are reminded time and again, snares are an incredibly cruel threat to wildlife. Laid by poachers, these simple loops, made from either wire, cable, rope or nylon, lie in wait to entangle any unsuspecting creature who crosses their path. On the afternoon of 6th April 2021, Batian Craig alerted us to the plight…

The scared baby elephant’s cries echoed through the jungle—alerting rescuers just in time to save him from drowning.

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Daniel Tom

It was Rapa’s frightened cries that first alerted the local community to his presence. Aged just 5 to 6 months, he had fallen into a well when his herd had crowded to drink water, and was unable to scramble out. Luckily, wildlife education in the region meant that the community here were sympathetic to…

After finally tasting freedom, the rescued elephant took her last breath at the conservation center—leaving behind silence and shattered hearts.

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Daniel Tom

Rok the elephant dies in the Dak Lak conservation center on February 9, 2023. Photo courtesy of the Dak Lak conservation center A domesticated elephant that had been bought by the Dak Lak conservation center last month and treated for injuries died on Thursday. Rok, a 34-year-old male, had been raised by a family…

In a touching moment, the mother elephant gently nudged her keepers, pleading with kind eyes to help wake her sleepy calf.

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Daniel Tom