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. Buri was taken as a cub and has never been outside. From his dental records, researchers believe he is about 20. Three weeks ago Buri was rescued from captivity by a team…

An unfortunate camel stuck in mud was at the centre of a dramatic rescue mission in western India. A helping hump: The poor camel had spent 12 hours int he mud when the rescue team finally arrived at the mangrove forest to help set it free In the early hours the owner and four helpers…

A Russian pilot who rescued a bear cub abandoned on an airfield has developed a special relationship with him— and their unique bond has touched the hearts of many. Pilots at the airfield believed that Mansur’s mother was killed by hunters, leaving the cub alone and defenseless. After rescuing Mansur, the pilots took him under…

Footage from Olare Motorogi Conservancy in south-west Kenya shows a calf being darted by a veterinary team with a tranquiliser after it was injured by a poacher’s snare on his hind leg. The distressed mother tries to protect her unconscious baby after the animal was caught in a poacher’s snare Heartbreaking footage shows the mother…

We don’t wanna walk like you-oo-oo! Orang-utans are happy to be wheeled around in a barrow at rescue centre after they are freed from captivity   And judging by these pictures, baby orang-utans are no different, insisting on being pushed around in a wheelbarrow by rescue workers instead of walking from their beds to a…

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Moyo was saved from drowning at just a few days old after he was washed away while trying to cross a flooded river with his herd. He was then abandoned by the older elephants but, luckily, rangers found him just as a pack of hyenas had him surrounded. It is also about sharing the experience…

The deputies on duty were caught off guard when they got a bizarre-sounding call of “a bobcat in my car.” Sheriff Mike Lukas called it “a first” when on April 18 dispatch conveyed the call over the radio, and it piqued the curiosity of several officers of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin. But that’s…

“When you ask what you should do with [an orphaned raccoon], they say, ‘Leave it alone and let nature take its course,’ or ‘You can take it to a vet and they will have to euthanize it,’” Nikki Robinson, who works in wildlife rehabilitation, told The Dodo. “That broke my heart. I couldn’t let that…

Family reunions can be rather awkward affairs. But these long-lost relatives were quick to break the ice in the warmest of ways – with a great big bear hug. Embrace: Gorillas Kesho and Alf embrace give each other a hug after being reunited at Longleat Safari Park Welcome: Kesho is settling in well with his…