Category: Rescue Animals
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With tearful eyes and trembling hands, the patient touched the elephant’s trunk—feeling peace, love, and wonder one final time.
A Final Wish, A Gentle Giant: Terminally Ill Patient Meets an Elephant in a Moment of Pure Grace In a moment that moved all present to tears, 78-year-old Margaret Thompson—terminally ill and in hospice care—had her final wish granted: to meet an elephant. Margaret, a lifelong animal lover, had always been fascinated by elephants. “There’s…
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Once left to die with a hole in her head, the miracle elephant now thrives—beaming with joy beside her newborn calf.
An elephant with a massive hole in her forehead would be unlikely to survive, but not Rhandzekile. Here is an elephant who has shocked vets and experts for continuing to survive with a hole in her upper trunk through which she breathes instead of the tip of her trunk. This congenital abnormality has made Rhandzekile…
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“C’mon, my baby!” cries the mother elephant, reaching her injured calf—its foot severed, yet hope flickers through their tearful reunion.
The 3-month-old elephant calf was first spotted by a camp manager at the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) in Zimbabwe during the first week of July. His right hind leg was severely swollen, leaving him in desperate need of medical attention. The camp manager took photos of the elephant and sent them to AWARE Trust Zimbabwe. “These…
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In a silent, solemn line, 300 elephants touched their fallen leader gently—mourning with tears the loss of their guardian.
This is the heartbreaking moment a herd of elephants gathered to pay their last respects to their dead leader. Footage shows the animals surrounding the carcass on the banks of a lake near Anuradhapura, close to the Kalawewa reserve in Sri Lanka. Heartbreaking footage shows the moment a herd of elephants paid its last respects…
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Ely, the world’s saddest elephant, mourns alone for 8 years—so broken she now rams her head into her cage.
THE world’s saddest elephant, who has been alone for eight years, has developed depression while stuck in captivity. Ely, trapped in a Mexico City zoo, has been caught ramming her head into the enclosure that has trapped her for 13 years. The elephant Ely stands in an enclosure at the San Juan de Aragon Zoo…
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Drowning Elephant’s Heart-Wrenching Cries Begged for Human Help in a Dramatic Rescue
The air was thick with panic as villagers rushed toward the riverbank, drawn by the desperate, echoing cries of an elephant fighting for its life. The young elephant had slipped into a deep canal while trying to follow its herd, and now it struggled helplessly, water rising around its trunk, eyes wide with fear. Each…
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The family found a strange lump on the beach—only to realize it was a dying seal, barely clinging to life.
Last week, a family walking the beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas spotted an unusual sight in the sand in front of them. Though it appeared be an odd mass of algae and barnacles washed upon the shore, a closer look revealed the heartbreaking truth. Fearing for the turtle’s well-being, the family was soon…
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The herd surrounds the fallen baby elephant, shielding it from traffic—proving love and unity aren’t just human traits.
The amazing moment was captured on film after the baby elephant appeared to collapse in the middle of a road in the Kruger National Park forcing the traffic to stop. The young elephant collapsed while crossing the road in the middle of the busy Kruger National Park in South Africa The calf tried to get…
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An elephant never forgets! Heartwarming moment animal recognises a vet who treated him 12 years before
A wild elephant has recognised the vet who treated him 12 years ago in a heartwarming moment caught on camera. A wild elephant has recognised the vet who treated him 12 years ago in a heartwarming moment caught on camera. The 31-year-old bull named Plai Thang reached out his trunk to touch Doctor Pattarapol Maneeon’s…
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A man apologizing to a group of elephants after the sound of his motorcycle angered them
A man apologizing to a group of elephants after the sound of his motorcycle angered them Most people would run when rushed by a herd of elephants, but not this Thai man. When his motorbike angered this herd in Khao Yai National Park, the man was seen apologizing to the elephants!