Category: Rescue Animals
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She trusted them with gentle eyes—yet the zoo ended her life without mercy, leaving a silent void where love once lived.
The senior elephant had tuberculosis (TB), a very common illness among captive elephants. But according to Toni Frohoff, an elephant biologist with In Defense of Animals (IDA), Packy didn’t show any signs of the disease, and was actually a very healthy and happy animal. “It’s devastating because the information that we have access to indicated…
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With eyes full of hope, injured elephants walk again—each step a miracle made possible by the kindness of the ‘Jungle Doctor.’
Australian veterinarian Dr. Chloe Buiting is beloved on social media for her work with elephant amputees caused by land mines. @jungle_doctor/Instagram Here’s an elephant with a little more pep in his step. Australian veterinarian Dr. Chloe Buiting, aka the Jungle Doctor, is cherished among animal lovers on social media for her work with elephant amputees,…
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Shot in the leg and crying in pain, the baby elephant found hope in the gentle hands of kind-hearted men.
In the remote outskirts of a wildlife reserve, a baby elephant collapsed to the ground, trembling and unable to walk—his leg shattered by a cruel bullet. Alone and in agony, he cried out, his tiny trumpet echoing through the trees like a desperate plea for mercy. But mercy came. A group of wildlife rescuers, tipped…
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Once comatose in a tiny cage, the rescued calf now stands proud—15 years later, cradling her own newborn in love.
When rescuers found a 2-month-old baby elephant, barely alive and “lying comatose in a small cage,” they had no idea that, 15 years later, they’d be celebrating the birth of her own baby. Thoma was rescued in Central Kenya in 2001, after the forest where she and her herd had been living was pretty much…
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Blind and weary, the senior elephant lifted her trunk in joy—finally rescued, finally safe, finally touched by kindness at last.
After working for pretty much her entire life, a roughly 50-year-old elephant had no reason to believe anything would change. Gaew Ta, also known as Darling, worked in the logging industry in southern Thailand before retiring to do more work: giving rides to tourists in Phuket. Slowly, over the years, Darling went totally blind. So…
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The baby elephant nudged her still body, eyes wide with confusion—waiting, pleading, not understanding why his world had gone silent.
After an elephant family fell into a 14-foot deep construction pit in India, the 3-month-old calf couldn’t understand why his mom wouldn’t wake up, even though he kept nudging her with his little trunk. By the time rescuers arrived to take him away, his mother was unconscious. Even though they tried to revive her, she…
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Trapped together in thick mud, the elephant family huddled close—eyes wide with fear, hearts clinging to hope and each other.
A crater left by a U.S. bomb during the Vietnam War, decades ago in Cambodia, nearly claimed the lives of a whole family of elephants this week. The crater – which has recently been used to store water by local farmers – lies in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. When farmers discovered 11 elephants stuck in…
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People refused to give up, working tirelessly as the giant elephant lay trapped in mud—hope flickering in his weary eyes.
The 40-year-old elephant had gotten stuck in some mud — and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get himself out. “Elephants of all ages will bathe in mud to coat their skin to protect it against the sun and as a form of insect repellent,” Rob Brandford, executive director of the David Sheldrick Wildlife…
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Baby Elephant Forms Unbreakable Bond With Loving Nanny After Being Rescued From Heartbreaking Conditions
In a story that’s touching hearts around the world, a baby elephant rescued from horrifying conditions has found more than just safety—she’s discovered unconditional love. The tiny calf, rescued alongside her mother from a cruel facility where they endured starvation and abuse, arrived at a wildlife sanctuary barely clinging to hope. Frail, nervous, and wary…
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Trapped in a pit, the elephants stretch their trunks skyward—eyes pleading, hearts aching for a freedom they’ve never truly known.
A video clip just over a minute long captures the chilling reality of keeping emotional, curious and social animals like elephants in zoos. Guillermina and Pocha, a mother and daughter at the Mendoza Zoological Park in Argentina, are shown reaching their trunks up as far as they can out of the concrete pit where they…