Category: Rescue Animals

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

Horrific footage has exposed how baby elephants are being ‘broken’ at cruel training camps before they are set to work in the tourist industry in Thailand. Staff recorded the calves being abused before they were taught to paint, spin hoops, carry passengers and stand on their hind legs for the entertainment of holidaymakers. Animal rights…

The old adage that an elephant never forgets appears to be true, based on a touching video showing an Asian elephant returning to her mother after years apart. After a 62-mile (100km) trek through the Thai jungle, Me-Bai, the small elephant can be seen nuzzling her mother, Mae Yui, while the pair joyfully flap their…

Life is full of beautiful things, but few things can compare to the sight of babies taking their first steps into this new world in which they were born. That is especially true when the babies we talk about are little elephant calves. Even though Fresno Chaffee Zoo has been around for close to 90…