Category: Rescue Animals
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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…
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After raiding a village and downing 30 liters of wine, two elephants collapse giggling—one slurs, “Help! My legs quit!”
This is the bizarre moment a pair of ‘drunken’ elephants are seen staggering around a tea field before collapsing into a pile next to each other after raiding a nearby village. The incident was captured by villagers in Yunnan, southwestern China who claim the elephants ransacked their grain alcohol store, drinking 30 litres of corn…
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Terrified of water, the rescued elephant steps in anyway—just to guide her blind best friend, whispering, “I’ll do it for you.”
The blind elephant had been rescued from a trekking camp, where she’d been forced to work, and all she wanted to do was relax and make new friends. As soon as she met Malai Ngun, her wish came true. Malai Ngun was also rescued from a trekking camp, so she knew all too well what…
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In a terrifying instant, the raging elephant lunged and slammed the woman to the ground after she mocked it with a banana.
THIS is the terrifying moment an elephant attacked a woman in India after she teased it with a banana. The shocking footage shows the young lady trying to feed the four ton beast before it aggressively storms into her – tusks and all. All seems normal as the woman attempts to feed the elephant with…
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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…