Category: Rescue Animals

An elephant calf has had a leg removed after it became entangled in a rope trap in Indonesia. The elephant – along with its mother and another calf – are believed to have been caught up in the ropes for several months when they were freed by conservationists. The traps are believed to have been…

  Six wild elephants have drowned after slipping off a waterfall in north-east Thailand. Two others were saved after they became stranded while apparently trying to rescue one of those that fell into the current. The Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said officials in the Khao Yai National Park were alerted…

Forest officials expressed the hope that the elephant would recover soon. On Friday, she was lifted and made to stand with the support of belt attached from a crane. An ailing female elephant which was being treated by the forest department since Thursday showed signs of recovery on Friday. Forest staff spotted the elephant, which…

This is the heart-wrenching moment a baby elephant found its mother dead in the forest – and refused to leave her side. The two-year-old calf nudges its mother again and again – and even sits on her – during the vigil in Rajaji Reserve Forest in northern India. The desperate attempt to rouse the 40-year-old mother…

It was all’s well that ends well for this young elephant after it fell into a mud pit in Kenya. After wallowing in the dank ditch for up to 12 hours, these images and video capture the dramatic moment a digger saved the large mammal from a trunkful of trouble in a heroic rescue mission.…

For 25 years, Pai Lin, now around 71 years old, was forced to carry as many as six tourists at a time, according to the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), which warns against the “exploitative practices” of the wildlife entertainment industry. Side by side comparison of Pai Lin (left) with a deformed spine against Thung…

For over 51 years, 70 year old elephant ‘Gajraj’ belonging to the Royal family of Aundh, in the Satara district of Maharashtra performed his duties as a temple elephant where local devotees saw him as an icon of worship as he played an important role in festivities and temple processions. A medical examination had revealed…

The Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) has found itself in the spotlight following a tragedy that moved the nation — the death of a young elephant calf along the Gerik-Jeli highway. The grieving mother, now safely back in her original habitat, has rejoined her herd — a small but meaningful relief…

He hadn’t even figured out how to use his tiny trunk when the unthinkable happened. Just days old, the baby elephant wandered too far from his mother and stumbled into a poacher’s snare hidden beneath the underbrush. The wire cut deep into his tender leg, and his cries echoed through the forest—fragile, panicked, and unanswered.…

Rescuers in Indonesia amputated half of a baby elephant’s trunk after finding the 1-year-old female caught in a snare trap and seemingly abandoned by her herd, according to authorities. Officials believe that the trap was set by poachers on Indonesia’s Sumatra island who target the endangered species for profit, the Associated Press reported. The baby…