Category: Rescue Animals

The five-month-old lovingly laid his trunk on her as the emotional drama was played out in Samburu, northern Kenya. The baby elephant was discovered holding a vigil for his dead mother in Samburu, north Kenya Such was the five-month-old’s devotion, he was oblivious to the cold, and threat of predators An autopsy later revealed that…

  The community of Heart’s Delight in Newfoundland, Canada couldn’t turn away from the cries from help after a pod of dolphins became trapped in sea ice.   On March 10, 2023 residents saw over 20 dolphins stuck along the shoreline being “beaten up” by sea ice and rocks. The dolphins were crying out for…

When baby screech owls come through the doors of Austin Wildlife Rescue, animal advocates always attempt to re-nest the babies with their original families. If they can’t be re-nested, these owlets don’t have to worry — they’ll soon be safe with new loved ones. “We always combine babies [who are] the same age,” Kathryn Mattison,…

Few animals are as under appreciated – or outright maligned – as the countless pigeons with whom we share our cities and suburbs. But fortunately there are people who believe that, no matter how common, every one of those humble birds is still very much worth saving. This fledgling baby pigeon was rescued last month…

Costa Rica’s Jaguar Rescue Center made sure to get a baby sloth back to its mother using a tested technique the wildlife center created Rescuers reunited a baby sloth with its mother after the little animal accidentally ended up on the ground. On May 10, a baby three-toed sloth accidentally became separated from its mother…

A baby red squirrel which was found close to death has been nursed back to health by rescuers who even fashioned a pintsize hammock for the animal. The ‘almost-lifeless’ animal was discovered in a woodland ‘shivering, soaked and sodden’ after it was thought to had been blown out of a tree during high winds last…

Diver saves shark from fishing net and shark brings whole family for incredible ‘thank you’ This shark seemed to realize the diver was trying to help him. Australia-based diver Iñaki believed this to be true after his perilous yet magical encounter with a shark just off Byron Bay. This a story of what stewardship really…

A mother owl, whose own eggs failed to hatch, has delighted her rescuer by instantly adopting a pair of orphaned, wild owlets who fell from their nest. “Bomber has lived in my garden since 2011, and Luna is actually a rescued tawny owl, raised by wild owls here after I placed her into their nest…

A helpless baby rock wallaby has been filmed trying to pry its way into its dead mother’s pouch, as she lies decomposing on the side of road, crawling with ants. The joey was spotted by travelling cyclist, Chris Rishworth, at Magnetic Island – an island and suburb of Townsville in north Queensland. Mr Rishworth noticed…

The mother deer was rescued when Kentucky officers found the animal in labor giving birth to fawns The mother deer who was rescued by officers in Bowling Green, Kentucky while giving birth to twin fawns has died. On Tuesday, Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies and animal control officers responded to a resident’s call about a…