Category: Rescue Animals

A group of kind-hearted loggers have filmed their daring effort to rescue a moose after it became trapped in an icy lake. Rescuers Byron Holbik, Mark Wellington and Jordan Hay were radioed for help by co-worker Darren Whalley after he spotted the animal stranded in Lake Windigoostigwan in Ontario province, Canada. The mother moose had been…

A brave rescuer put his hands in harm’s way to free a distressed hawk that had become trapped in fishing lines. The man’s footage shows him walking along a riverbank and spotting the bird in the shallows, with its tattered wings submerged in the water. This is the moment a brave man rescued an ensnared…

That’s one piece of advice a pair of fighting eagles could have put to good use last weekend, stuck floating atop the frigid waters of the Susquehanna River with their talons sunk into one another. “The eagles’ talons were actually latched onto each other’s skin and feathers,” Weaver told The Dodo. The birds’ wings were…

Sadly, it’s fairly common for small animals like frogs, snakes and spiders to wind up in pool filters. But when the party guests lifted the lid, they were shocked by the sight of a huge red-shouldered hawk. As if that weren’t scary enough for the hawk, while he was in the pool, he got sucked…

THESE pictures look like a barnacle-encrusted turtle that had long since died. Incredibly, it’s still alive… just. Newport lifesavers helped rescue a sea turtle on Saturday. Pic: Rosie Elliott The male green turtle was rescued by surf lifesavers when it was washed up at Newport Beach on Saturday. Newport lifesavers helped rescue a sea turtle…

“A local citizen found the owl in an area near her house,” Courtney Gerspacher, lead animal care technician at Florida Wildlife Hospital, told The Dodo. “She wasn’t the one who put out the glue trap, but she did find the owl in it.” “He did not look too good when he first came in,” Gerspacher…

It’s not unusual to see harbor seals lounging on the rocks and beaches of Long Island, but Southampton, New York drivers were not expecting to see one in the middle of the road! Authorities say the baby seal must have been chasing fish up the Peconic River when it wandered into a park to rest…

Many a youngster will do everything they can to avoid the soap and flannel at the end of the day when bath time comes around, but this young calf has more reason than most to fear water. He got more than he bargained for when he strayed too far from the safety of mother moose…

During the winter food can become scarce for lots of wildlife. For birds of prey, many will revert to eating roadkill along roads and highways during this time. In Oregon this week, a male bald eagle was reportedly feeding on such a meal near highway I-84 when he was hit by a car. A rescue…

Una perrita callejera siempre esperará ardientemente ser alimentada por los transeúntes. Pero claro que nunca imagina que su desesperación por la comida, la lleve a convertirse en la burla de muchos. La alimentación poco saludable terminó por afectar a la perrita de 9 años a tales proporciones que gradualmente alcanzó una obesidad mórbida preocupante. Tristemente,…