Category: Rescue Animals
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Baby Elephant Nearly Killed Before He Even Learned To Use His Trunk
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.…
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Abandoned by his herd and maimed by a cruel trap, the baby elephant cried silently as rescuers removed half his trunk.
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…
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Trembling at first, the baby elephant braves the water—each splash in hydrotherapy a step toward healing, hope, and walking again.
Staff at Thai animal hospital take six-month-old orphan Clear Sky swimming to strengthen her leg muscles THIS baby elephant is trying to forget her fear of water as she learns to walk again after losing part of her foot. The nervous six-month-old grabbed a keeper for support as she was lowered into the pool at an…
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She raised orphaned elephants with lullabies and love—until one day, her little jumbo packed her trunk and walked into freedom.
Their hopes of survival had looked slim after the traumatic start to their lives. But the orphaned baby elephants thrived and grew up strong thanks to their rescuer’s incredible love, care and attention. So when the day came for Roxy Danckwerts to say goodbye to Bumi, Moyo and five others she has rehabilitated and raised…
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Lost in the urban jungle, the elephants shuffle through concrete streets—confused, frightened, searching for trees that no longer exist.
The number of “out of work” elephants that would once have worked in the logging industry in Thailand is becoming a headache in Bangkok’s urban jungle. The number of ‘out of work’ elephants that would once have worked in the logging industry in Thailand is becoming a headache in Bangkok’s urban jungle Credit: (C) Brent…
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Trapped in a muddy well, the abandoned baby elephant cried silently—until rescuers arrived, lifting him from despair into trembling hope.
An abandoned baby elephant that was found drowning in a muddy well in Kenya has been rescued. On May 18, villagers in Raku Bula, Merti, in the Cherab Community Conservancy, came across the trapped elephant calf. After alerting the Northern Rangelands Trust and other local authorities, villagers worked together to save the calf, heaving him…
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Only six days old and abandoned, the frail baby elephant lay barely breathing—until kind souls arrived to rewrite his fate.
Trapped baby elephant rescued in SW China Rescuers hold umbrellas to shade the sick baby elephant from the sun in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Aug. 29, 2021. A newborn baby elephant in Xishuangbanna was abandoned by its herd only six days after its birth due to severe diseases including suppuration of…
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Blinded by cruel hands, Nina the elephant sways in silence—lost in endless night, her broken heart aching for forgotten kindness.
A TORTURED elephant used for begging and as a prop for wedding processions was “intentionally blinded” by its cruel owners. The elderly animal named Nina, aged 60, was rescued by charity Wildlife SOS in Uttar Pradesh, India. Nina was held in chains and intentionally blinded by her owners, experts say The elephant’s eyeballs have collapsed…
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Trapped and trembling, the baby elephant waited in fear—until his mother’s distant call sparked tears and a desperate, joyful sprint.
The family were forced to move on without him but thankfully rangers were on hand to pull the elephant free and hatch a plan to see him reunited with his mother. Safe and sound: The rangers tie the calf to a tree near to where he got lost in the hope his herd will find him…
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Grief-stricken and raging, the mother elephant tramples trees and cries out—her heart shattered after losing her 3-year-old calf forever.
Mother elephant standing near to the calf elephant which was died due to prolonged injury on its mouth, near mangarai in anaikatti forest on the outskirts of the city on friday. The three- year-old calf elephant which died due to prolonged mouth injury on her mouth at a brick kiln unit, Mangarai.(A Raja Chidambaram…