Category: Rescue Animals
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Beneath the glittering costume, her frail body shook—an elderly elephant forced to dance, her suffering hidden behind golden lies.
This starving 70-year-old elephant is made to walk miles every night so people can feel ‘blessed’ at a religious festival, an activist has claimed. The ailing female elephant, who is called Tikiri, is covered in a colourful costume so the people watching her in the parade do not see her emaciated body. Lek Chailert,…
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At just 11 months, little Phabeni took his last breath—his tiny body tired, but his brave spirit leaving behind a silence filled 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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THE BABY ELEPHANT CRIED FOR DAYS, ALONE AND CONFUSED—HER MOTHER GONE, HER WORLD SHATTERED, HER TEARS FALLING INTO SILENCE.
In Indonesia, there are various sad stories of elephant calves being separated from their mothers due to the actions of hunters. The tragedy of a baby elephant being hit by a truck in Malaysia and the heartbreaking reaction of its mother has captured the attention of netizens over the past week. Not only in Malaysia,…
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WITH HER NELLY BOOTS ON, THE ELEPHANT WALKED AGAIN—EVERY STEP A TRIUMPH OVER THE PAIN LEFT BY A POACHER’S MERCILESS SNARE.
These heartwarming pictures show how an elephant who lost his leg to a poacher’s snare trap has embraced his new life with a prosthetic limb. Chhouk the elephant walks with his prosthetic left leg, which was fitted by medics in Cambodia after he lost the limb to a poacher’s snare trap and was left severely…
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She stood over her sister’s body, gently nudging her with trembling trunk—refusing to leave, as if love alone could bring her back.
In a deeply emotional scene that speaks to the soul, an elephant’s heartbreaking reaction to her sister’s passing has captured the world’s attention—and sorrow. The two sisters, inseparable for years, shared every moment together—playing, eating, and sleeping side by side. But when one of them fell gravely ill and eventually passed, what unfolded next was…
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The elephant herd stood in solemn silence, gently touching the lifeless calf—each trunk a tearful goodbye to a baby lost too soon.
Three-month-old Lola was due to have ground-breaking heart surgery This is the moving moment a grieving herd of elephants said their goodbyes to a little calf who tragically died of a serious heart defect. Baby Lola was due to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot. But the…
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Tiny Baby Lola made history with the world’s first elephant heart surgery—her brave little heart now beating strong with a second chance at life.
Baby Lola is to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to save her life. Baby Lola is to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to save her life. Surgeons and vets will unite for the operation to remove a blood clot. Three-month-old Lola could die within weeks without the…
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Limping and broken, the elephant raised his trunk in silent plea—begging humans to free him from the deadly snare cutting into his leg.
In a scene that shattered hearts, a limping elephant emerged from the brush in desperate need of help—its wounded leg wrapped tightly in a deadly snare. Witnesses near a remote village in Africa were stunned as the injured giant slowly approached human dwellings, dragging its leg and raising its trunk in what seemed like a…
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Once on the brink of death, the rescued baby elephants now play with joy—each step a testament to love, courage, and second chances.
Lost, alone and having suffered life-threatening injuries in the drought-ravaged savannah, the future seemed bleak for these two orphaned baby elephants. In a separate incident in the searing heat of Zimbabwe, one-month-old Bumi had somehow got stuck among rocks and suffered severe sunburn. Usually, elephant calves are shaded by their mothers. Labour of love: Ms…
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In the muddy lake, the elephant lay on his side, trunk raised to breathe—until people rushed in, turning panic into a rescue filled with hope.
The elephant had fallen in the dam and clearly couldn’t get out on his own. He was lying on his side with his trunk raised above the water’s surface so he could breathe. “The conditions surrounding the dam were extremely difficult with slippery mud, and it could be that the herd were simply unable to…