Category: Rescue Animals
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The abandoned baby elephant cried helplessly, sinking in a muddy well—until rescuers arrived, just before hope disappeared beneath the surface.
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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Tears streamed down Varagaliyar’s face as Ramu took his final steps away from the only home he’d known for 47 years.
As dawn breaks over the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, Ramu, our majestic tusker, prepares himself for a day filled with fun activities such as dismantling enrichments in his enclosure and taking ample dust baths. At the tender age of 20 years, Ramu is the youngest bull elephant under our care and holds…
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For 50 years, the dame fed orphaned elephants her special milk, giving each one love, strength, and a second chance.
Nobody gives hugs like grandma — especially when the hugs are bringing life to orphan elephants that would otherwise die without their mama in the wake of poaching tragedies. This explains why the elephants at Kenya’s Nairobi National Park line up for love from 80-year-old Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick. A pioneer of elephant…
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The wild elephant gently approached, eyes shining, proudly introducing her newborn to the humans who once saved her life.
Yatta, an 18-year-old elephant who was released back to the wild over eight years ago, showed up at the sanctuary with her newborn calf in tow last month to introduce him to the people who took her in as an orphan in 1999. “She’s a proud momma,” caretakers said about Yatta. “And in a show…
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Torn by hyenas but not broken, the baby elephant limps toward hope—each gentle touch reminding her she’s still worthy of love.
An adorable orphaned elephant was rescued from certain death on Tuesday. The baby elephant was spotted wandering alone around the Maasai Mara, a Kenyan wildlife preserve. She had likely been attacked by a hyena, as her tail was bitten off and she had other injuries. Orphaned elephants are all too common in Africa, where…
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At only 11 months, little Phabeni exhaled his final breath—his fragile body still, leaving behind a silence heavy with sorrow.
We are devastated to have to share this news with you today. Little Phabeni has passed away in our care, following a seven-month battle of ups and downs with his health. Just before 11 pm, I had gone to my home in the reserve, and heard Ruan from Jabulani lodge knocking on my window to…
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She stood frozen beside her mother’s lifeless body, tiny trunk trembling—unable to understand why love ended with a hunter’s spear.
This is the heartbreaking moment that an orphaned baby elephant mourns the death of her mother after she was killed for her ivory tusks by a poacher’s poisoned spear. This is the heartbreaking moment than an orphaned baby elephant mourns the death of her mother after she was killed by a poacher’s poisoned spear for…
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Too weak to follow, the baby elephants collapse alone—abandoned by desperate mothers forced to choose survival over love in a dying land.
Almost straight from the get-go they treated me like one of the herd, playing with my hair and sniffing my wheelchair. Adorable baby elephants are being deserted by their parents and left to DIE because of climate change in AfricaCredit: BBC TV presenter Ade Adepitan visited a Nairobi orphanage in Kenya last yearCredit: BBC As…
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As rescuers whispered goodbye, tiny orphan Fenya wrapped her trunk around their arms—her fragile heart quietly slipping away in silence.
The orphaned elephant calf, Fenya, who captured the hearts of locals in Hoedspruit, South Africa, and social media users worldwide with her brave battle to survive – after falling victim to snaring – has tragically passed away, leaving the team who valiantly tried to save her absolutely gutted. South Africa’s first elephant orphanage, HERD (Hoedspruit…
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Alone and fragile, the baby elephant braved the wild for weeks—until kind hands finally came and cradled her to safety.
This is the captivating story of Olomunyak, or little Ollie, an orphan found abandoned and surviving on his own in the wild, until he was rescued. It was presumed that the calf’s mother was one of the deceased. What was astonishing is how the little calf attempting to survive, had latched on to the company…