Category: Rescue Animals
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“You’re beautiful, believe me,” the biologist whispered, cradling the rejected ginger seal pup—an outcast no longer, just desperately needing love.
An exceptionally rare ginger fur seal pup has been spotted in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia. The pinniped stands out from the rest of its colony with its colouring, blue eyes and pink flippers. Experts say the chances of such a partial albino birth are one in 100,000 and there is a risk of…
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“She was so alone,” they whispered—tiny, chained outside a restaurant, the baby animal trembled, waiting endlessly for love that never came.
Chained up outside a Mexico City restaurant, the Siberian tiger cub had no choice but to just lie there on the pavement alone, waiting for the days to pass. Diners would often stop to take pictures with her — but then they disappeared inside to eat, quickly forgetting about her. At only 4 or 5…
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In a Bangkok hell zoo, dying elephants lie chained and starving—each breath a silent scream in a place called a sanctuary.
Wounds cover the body of one of four chained elephants photographed Tuesday at the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo. Photo: Chayanan Assawadhammanond / Facebook A crocodile farm and zoo in southeast metro Bangkok was ordered to take action after several of its elephants were found severely starved and covered in wounds. Wildlife and livestock…
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“Poor baby, we will help,” whisper the rescuers, wrapping the grieving calf in warmth—teaching her heart and feet to rise again.
The 9-month-old elephant, which rescuers have named Bani (Mother Earth), was hit by a speeding train near Corbett National Park in northern India in mid-December, leaving her seriously injured and paralyzed. Bani’s mother, who was pregnant at the time, died in the same accident. A veterinary worker at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care…
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The rescued calf trotted joyfully beside its new herd, tiny trunk swaying—at last embraced by the family it never had.
When Phabeni was just four months old, he was spotted wandering alone near the Kruger National Park in South Africa, with his mother and herd nowhere in sight. Our partner, HERD, raced to his rescue. They found the little calf covered head-to-toe in wounds and showing signs of severe starvation and dehydration. Judging from his…
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The abandoned baby elephant cried out, sinking deeper into the muddy well—until gentle hands lifted her, moments before hope drowned.
The calf was found lying in the muddy, shallow well with no family around, nonprofit organization the Northern Rangelands Trust said in a statement. After alerting the Northern Rangelands Trust and other local authorities, villagers worked together to save the calf, heaving him out of the well. The Northern Rangelands Trust said in a statement…
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Covered in thousands of painful barnacles, the elephant stood in silent agony—until gentle hands arrived to give her life back.
In a quiet corner of the world, where saltwater kisses the forest’s edge, a heartbreaking scene unfolded—one that would test the limits of compassion, patience, and the human will to save. A majestic elephant, later named Amari, was found standing silently in brackish waters, her body coated with thousands of barnacles clinging like a cruel…
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Buried beneath millions of barnacles and parasites, the white elephant stood suffering—until a heroic rescue team gave her hope again.
White Elephant Covered in Millions of Barnacles & Parasites Saved by Heroic Rescue Team In one of the most heartbreaking wildlife rescues in recent memory, a rare white elephant was discovered in a state of unimaginable suffering—her once-glorious pale skin hidden beneath a blanket of barnacles, parasites, and open wounds. Locals in a remote coastal…
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Covered in millions of painful barnacles, the elephant stood silently suffering—until kind hands freed her from a nightmare of agony.
In a story that has broken hearts across the globe, a majestic elephant, later named Bala, was discovered in a heartbreaking state—her massive body weighed down by millions of barnacles clinging to her skin like armor. Found near a coastal mangrove region where freshwater met brackish tides, she had likely become trapped after a storm…
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Kiko the giraffe and Loboito the orphaned elephant snuggle side by side—proving that friendship heals wounds words never could.
At one-month-old he was too small to sleep in the giraffe stable, but was instead housed next to the elephants, where he struck up an unlikely friendship with fellow orphan Loboito, a boisterous three-week-old calf. They say love knows no bounds, and that is definitely true of an abandoned elephant and giraffe who have formed an…