Category: Rescue Animals
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“Mummy, wake up…” the calf whimpered, nuzzling her lifeless body—refusing to leave, as if love could pull her back.
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…
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Stuck and trembling in the mud, the exhausted elephant was gently lifted by a digger—each tug a step toward hope.
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.…
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After 25 years carrying tourists, the elephant now stands hunched with a caved-in spine—his pain ignored, his spirit dimmed.
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…
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After 50 years in chains and silence, the abused elephant stepped into freedom—tears falling as he tasted kindness for the first time.
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…
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“She just wanted her baby back,” they said—as the grieving elephant paced beside the wreckage, trumpeting cries no one could soothe.
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…
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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…