Category: Rescue Animals

This is the tear-jerking moment a bear saw snow for the first time after spending 20 years of his life in a cage. But three weeks ago Buri was rescued from captivity by a team in Ukraine. Until recently there was very little regulation in Ukraine surrounding keeping animals in captivity. Buri was taken as…

An emaciated orphaned elephant calf was rescued from the wild in Kenya after tourists spotted him struggling to survive after a jackal attack- and is now thriving in a wildlife orphanage. The baby elephant, who was three or four months old at the time, was found wandering and struggling to survive outside Tsavo East National Park…

An elephant was saved from nearly dying of dehydration after it got stuck in a muddy well in Isiolo, Kenya overnight. It took a team four hours to free the terrified mammal who was then given 100 litres of water. An elephant was saved from nearly dying of dehydration after it got stuck in a muddy…

Four fox cubs got their heads stuck in old car wheels in just one month, animal charities warned. A spate of similar incidents has seen four separate fox cubs get wedged in wheels in four weeks across London. RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) Nick Jonas and his colleagues have been busy rescuing fox cubs’ heads…

A heartwarming video has shown how a little boy and a cheetah play together as best friends – despite the gap in both species and size. Footage shows the child running away from the cheetah who is following him at high speed. Play-time: A huge cheetah and a little boy chase each-other around the desert…

Lion Siblings Cling Together During Rescue From War-Torn Gaza Mona and Max became minor celebrities earlier this year when a Gaza resident purchased the 2-month-old cubs from Gaza’s Rafah Zoo, which had been damaged by airstrikes and was financially struggling. Animal welfare group Four Paws quickly noticed the situation was untenable. Raising lion cubs is…

In a state forest on the outskirts of Maryborough, Australia, a kangaroo peered up from where she was trapped. The kangaroo had fallen into an abandoned mineshaft and was then hopelessly stuck. The animal’s luck was about to change thanks to a man named Simon, who was riding his bike in the area when he…

THIS IS the devastating moment a baby elephant desperately tried to revive its dying mum after the two animals fell into a ditch.  A herd of 100 elephants had been making their way through Tezpur in India when the calf and its mother tragically dropped 20ft into the trench. Desperate attempts … elephant calf tries…

A wild bear was rescued after spending two nights stuck on a 60ft high block of flats – which it climbed up looking for food. The Asian black bear cub clambered up the side of the apartment building after being enticed by the smell of food coming from the sixth floor. The bear became wedged…

Starving and weak, the wild foal was a pitiful sight as she lay forlornly beside her dead mother’s body in a remote valley on unforgiving Exmoor. Just four weeks old, she tried in vain to wake her mother, sniffing at her, and even desperately attempting to suckle. Starving and weak, the wild foal (pictured) was…