Category: Rescue Animals
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The rescued calf trotted beside its new herd, tiny trunk swaying—finally surrounded by the family it had always dreamed of.
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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Starved of space and freedom, captive Asian elephants have less body fat than humans—proof their suffering hides behind silent statistics.
Asian elephants in captivity have a lower body fat percentage than the average human and are no more likely to be overweight than their wild cousins, a new study shows. There have been fears the giants of the animal kingdom may be overweight and this could be causing low birth rates – potentially leading to…
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When chains fell from Raju’s legs, tears streamed down—silent proof that even elephants grieve the years stolen from their souls.
If Raju had been human, these tears of relief would be touching, though by no means surprising. But, considering that Raju is an Asian elephant, his tears tugged on the heartstrings of animal lovers around the world. It’s an endearing story — but do elephants cry in the same way that humans do? In…
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With every limping step, the three-legged elephant whispers, “I know my herd loves me”—their warmth carries what she’s lost.
Vutomi the elephant displays her will to survive by keeping up with her herd and living a normal life despite only being able to walk on three legs. During an afternoon drive from Satara, Dylan and his team stumbled upon a herd of elephants at Nsemani dam, where they witnessed something truly remarkable. As Dylan…
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Chained 20 hours a day in a cramped shed, the elephant sways in sorrow, dreaming of a freedom never known.
Twenty-year-old Kothai, a female elephant, who is short chained and cramped in a small concrete shed in Adi Keshava Perumal temple in Sriperumbadur for nearly 20 hours a day is likely to develop chronic health conditions, if proper care is not taken. As per the official records, accessed by Express, Kothai was born in 1998…
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Trapped and sinking fast, the elephant cried out—until volunteers raced against time, uniting in a desperate battle to save her.
These pictures show how a band of volunteers managed to rescue an elephant who had got herself in a tight spot by falling into a sewage drain. I’m stuck! Guests and staff at the Ugab Rest Camp in Namibia found this elephant cow trapped in a sewage drain when they woke up one morning Trapped:…
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29 Years Alone: Sunny the Elephant’s Heartbreaking Life in a Tiny Cell
For nearly three decades, Sunny has known nothing but cold concrete walls and solitude. Locked away in a tiny, barren enclosure at a rundown facility, this elderly elephant has spent 29 long years completely alone—no soft earth beneath her feet, no companion to touch trunks with, no sunlight filtering through trees. Just silence, steel bars,…
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“Poor baby, we will help,” whisper rescuers, surrounding the grieving calf with love—gently lifting her heart and tiny feet 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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A furious bull hurls the baby elephant through the air—twice—before the mother charges in, thundering with unstoppable, protective fury.
The baby elephant can be seen to be lifted by the bull’s trunk before being dropped in the dirt before he returned and kicked the tiny calf over. A young calf is picked up by an adult elephant and tossed into the air in front of shocked tourists at the Addo Elephant National Park in…
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“C’mon baby, you can do it!” rescuers plead, as the starving, lost elephant stumbles—eyes searching for the family it lost.
This is not about keeping this baby elephant captive, and it’s about keeping them safe and taking care of this baby elephant until it recovers from the current state and its relevant herd is found. These baby elephants cannot rejoin any other herds it is an outsider to. In Sri Lanka, so many baby elephants…