Category: Rescue Animals
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The baby elephant clumsily splashes into a puddle, then adorably flails—until mom arrives, lifting him gently with her loving trunk.
For one baby elephant who was more than likely abandoned by his herd after getting himself stuck, help couldn’t come quickly enough. On Sunday, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) was alerted to the plight of the elephant, who was in need of serious assistance. The young male calf, who lives in Kenya’s Tsavo National…
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Trapped and fading, the elephant lay in silent agony—unaware that help was racing toward him, fighting to rewrite his fate.
We may never know how long he was lying there, but we do know that help came just in time. Warning: Graphic images below An elephant was found in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park completely debilitated by a snare trap digging into the flesh of his foot. Frank Weitzer/Cluny Wildlife Trust But people were not…
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Left for dead by poachers, the baby elephant now heals—his scars deep, but his trust slowly returning with each new friend.
Rescuers found the baby with a gaping wound in his head and badly damaged leg as he clung to life in an ivory poacher’s snare Making friends: The injured baby elephant was saved by a rescue team after being caught in on a poacher’s snare and attacked with a spear (Image: Barcroft Media) The baby…
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Severely disabled and struggling to stand, the elephant calf lay in the dust—alone, broken, and waiting for a miracle.
Wildlife officers have encountered a severely disabled elephant calf in Mattala during an operation to drive away wild elephants in the Suriyawewa area in Hambantota. Officers informed about the elephant calf to veterinarians at the Udawalawa Elephant Transit Home and later took the calf with them to the elephant transit home on their instructions. Malaka…
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The three-month-old elephant calf looked back one last time at his ailing mother, then vanished into the forest with silent sorrow.
Since Thursday morning, the calf went into the forest after its sibling interacted with it and the mother elephant. A three-month-old elephant calf that was wandering around its sick mother at the foothills of Maruthamalai for the last two days, left its mother and joined its sibling and went into the forest on Saturday morning.…
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Left behind by its herd, the weak elephant calf collapsed alone—until forest officers arrived, offering hope to its fading spirit.
An elephant calf abandoned by its herd was rescued by a team of vets and forest officers near the border town of Sullia in Karnataka. The calf belonged to a herd of eight wild elephants that had been frolicking in the Payaswini River until Saturday evening. The herd had three calves but one of them…
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After years in chains, 20 broken elephants will finally walk free at Vantara—each step a quiet cry for stolen dignity.
India, has been conducted with the full consent of the current owners of the animals. The elephants will soon find their permanent home at Vantara, an environment that naturally mirrors their native habitat, where they will live chain-free and will never be forced into labor. Jamnagar, Gujarat: Vantara, a renowned rescue center for captive elephants…
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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)…