Category: Rescue Animals
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Abandoned by his herd after his mother’s death, the tiny elephant stood trembling—lost, grieving, until rescuers finally reached him.
Though field-level staff with the help of elephant trackers tried three times to reunite the calf with another herd, but it did not accept the calf and abandoned it. An elephant calf in Sathyamangalam that joined with another herd of wild elephants on Tuesday after the death of its mother elephant has separated from the…
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With worried eyes, the baby elephant refused to leave his mother’s side—standing guard, as if love alone could heal her.
Earlier this week, rangers patrolling the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya spotted five elephants who’d been wounded by arrows. When the rangers gathered information from nearby communities, they learned what had happened — local farmers had shot the elephants after the herd ate some of their crops. Before the team could help the injured…
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The newborn jumbo lay bruised and broken, injured and alone in the jungle—each breath a quiet plea for someone to care.
An under-two-month-old female elephant calf Nong Thanwa is slowly recovering at Bueng Chawak Wildlife Management Centre in Saphan Buri after officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) rescued her from a forest in Kanchanaburi in late November. Wildlife Veterinarian Patarapol Maneeorn confirmed on his Facebook page on Friday (Dec 9)…
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Trapped and trembling, the baby elephant waited all day—until his mother’s call broke the silence, and he ran, crying with joy.
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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Blinded by cruel owners, Nina the elephant sways alone—haunted by darkness and trauma, her gentle heart shattered but still beating.
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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The baby elephant nudges his mother’s still body, eyes wide with confusion—he doesn’t understand why she won’t wake up.
After an elephant family fell into a 14-foot deep construction pit in India, the 3-month-old calf couldn’t understand why his mom wouldn’t wake up, even though he kept nudging her with his little trunk. “This calf underwent a traumatic time before being brought to the International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) Wildlife…
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The orphaned elephant calf who once wandered alone now joyfully follows his foster mom everywhere—his playful spirit finally safe and loved.
A 2-week-old elephant calf, who witnessed the death of his entire family, has been taken under the wing of older elephants at a sanctuary in southern Africa. His carers are marveling at his recovery and are hoping he can eventually be released for a new life in the wild. “Despite witnessing the death of…
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A blind baby elephant, lost and crying after being separated from his mother, is rescued—still searching for the voice he knew.
We don’t know how the baby elephant got separated from his mother, but being blind can’t have helped. He was discovered wandering alone on Saturday afternoon byAmboseli Trust for Elephants(ATE), and Big Life immediately sent a team of rangers to help. The young elephant, only about 5 months old, was given a safe place…
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Wobbling on wounded legs, the baby elephant took her first painful steps—each one a victory carved from unimaginable suffering.
Today in “awww,” a baby elephant took his first excursion since an ivory poacher’s vicious snare trap maimed his leg. In early February, a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in Kenya came across the bloodied baby elephant. He had bone-deep leg lacerations from the trap, and rescuers worried that he wouldn’t…
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The newborn elephant lay crying, trapped in a grisly snare—tiny leg bleeding, unaware of the cruel world he’d just entered.
It all began on the morning of 5th April 2022, when we received reports from the Shimba Hills of a baby elephant who had been caught in a snare. She was still in her mother’s care, but the situation was precarious: The snare was trailing nearly a metre behind her and slicing deep into her…