Category: Rescue Animals
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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…
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The massive elephant, trapped on cold train tracks, trumpeted in despair as rescuers battled time to save her.
At 5 PM, аɡаіпѕt the backdrop of a lush forest, a heartening ѕаɡа of collaboration and valor unfolded as forest rangers and community members joined forces in a courageous Ьіd to гeѕсᴜe an elephant ensnared on a railway tгасk. As the news of the elephant’s plight spread through the community like wіɩdfігe, a sense of…
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Beneath the glittering costume, her frail body trembled—starving and forgotten, the elderly elephant performed with pain masked in gold.
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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Covered in sores and barely standing, the starving elephant looked up—rescued just days from death, her eyes still held a flicker of hope.
The fifty-year-old male jumbo named Khun Pan had been working at the Chang Siam Park in Chonburi, eastern Thailand, giving rides to tourists until the Covid-19 pandemic hit the industry, with holidaymakers banned from visiting. The starving elephant that was found ‘days from death’ after it was neglected at a Thai tourist camp closed by…
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Starving and scarred, she found her soulmate in a sanctuary—where gentle trunks and tender eyes finally showed her what love feels like.
An elderly elephant who was forced to give rides to tourists and was chained at the side of a road has finally found her soulmate after moving to her forever home. The huge animal, named Sow, worked in the tourism industry for more than 20 years, having originally been a logging elephant. “They got to…
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Suraj, named “Sunny,” lived decades in darkness—chained, emaciated, missing an ear—reduced to a photo prop while his soul quietly faded.
Suraj, a 45-year-old Asian elephant, had spent almost half his life in a 12ft-square, barren, dark room – ironic, given that his name means ‘Sunny’ – tethered to a heavy chain. Despite his emaciation, his broken tail, his missing ear – probably torn off when captured as a calf – his purpose, in a temple…
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Braving danger, vets knelt beside the bleeding elephant—her leg torn by a poacher’s snare, her eyes pleading for mercy she never knew.
A brave team of veterinarians risked their lives to rescue an elephant with an infected wound crawling with maggots in Uganda. Wildlife film producer, Verity White and her team were filming the darting of a giraffe with the Uganda Wildlife Authority Vet Team in Murchison Falls National Park, when they came across the limping elephant.…
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With ribs exposed and eyes dim, the abandoned lions and bears lay in filth—forgotten prisoners surviving on scraps in the world’s saddest zoo.
Banging their heads against the wall in despair and peering forlornly through the bars of their godforsaken cages, these are the inmates of the world’s saddest zoo. The planet’s worst animal park is probably also its smallest. Left to rot: One of the starving bears who has been abandoned inside the world’s worst zoo once…