Category: Rescue Animals
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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…
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Wounded by hyenas but full of fight, the baby elephant now heals with love—each step forward a promise of the life she still deserves.
An adorable orphaned elephant was rescued from certain death on Tuesday. The baby elephant was spotted wandering alone around the Maasai Mara, a Kenyan wildlife preserve. She had likely been attacked by a hyena, as her tail was bitten off and she had other injuries. Orphaned elephants are all too common in Africa, where…
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Left behind by his mother, the baby elephant cried alone—until gentle trunks embraced him, turning heartbreak into a new beginning of love.
In the lush forests of Tamil Nadu, a tiny elephant calf, initially rejected by its mother, found itself alone and lost in the wilderness. But this tale of heartbreak soon turned into one of hope and warmth. It all began with a distressing incident on May 30 when an ailing mother elephant was found lying…
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The trunkless elephant calf, beautiful yet fragile, faces a cruel world, stirring fears but sparking hope for its brave future.
A baby elephant has been spotted wandering around the plains of South Africa with a missing trunk. A young elephant has been spotted in Kruger National Park, South Africa, without a trunk Video: It’s trunk was probably bitten off by a crocodile or a lion – or damaged in a snare, according to safari workers Filled…