Category: Rescue Animals

MUCH to the delight of the internet, a koala joey in Australia has turned her delicate photobomb into a friend. Willow the koala is a resident at Symbio Wildlife Park south of Sydney. The Park was in the midst of capturing footage of a monarch butterfly resting on a flower. But Willow wanted her share…

Well, last time we reported on a male bald eagle that continued to warm up the stones it picked up, thinking they were eggs , but it seems like there has been some progress since then. Murphy, a bald eagle, is blind in one eye and cannot be released back into the wild, so he…

It was all hands-on deck to off-load the 350kg of precious cargo at Kaindu airstrip A CHARTER jet takes aboard an unusual trunk in its cargo hold — an ­elephant called Bupe. Bupe the baby elephant was rescued from certain death after he was abandoned by his motherCredit: ANNA TOLAN/GRI It was all hands-on deck…

The other day, animal caretakers from KOALA RESCUE Inc. in Australia were called to a property where a concerned citizen had reported seeing a koala lying motionless at the base of a tree. Sadly, when they arrived, they found that the koala in question had already passed away — but in her final moments, she was not…

Last month, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue (NWR) staff received what seemed like a typical call about an injured opossum. The adult opossum had collided with a vehicle and sadly suffered fatal injuries. But when the folks at NWR arrived at the scene, they quickly realized she wasn’t alone. The staff carefully pulled the joeys off their mom and…

The Newhouse Wildlife Rescue team, which helps injured and orphaned wildlife in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was used to seeing unfortunate situations but was shocked when they found a skunk who was a nursing mama caught in an illegal trap a few years ago. The rescuers were not only upset by the fact that someone had put…

When you think of German Shepherds two words that might pop into your head are “protective” and “fierce”. After all, they are known as guard dogs for a reason. However, appearances can be deceiving and there’s much more to German Shepherds than their ferocious looks. If there’s anything to learn from this story it is…

Parveen Kaswan, a forest ranger in the Indian Foreign Service, posted a video of Indian elephants performing a human-like funeral service for a baby elephant last Friday. The adult elephant laid its body down and guarded it as it waited for more elephants to join. Walking in a line like a funeral procession, more elephants…

Last month, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue (NWR) staff received what seemed like a typical call about an injured opossum. The adult opossum had collided with a vehicle and sadly suffered fatal injuries. But when the folks at NWR arrived at the scene, they quickly realized she wasn’t alone. The staff carefully pulled the joeys off their mom and…

A remarkable 5-month-old black bear cub with cream-colored fur has been spotted in British Columbia with its commonly colored mother. The rare sight was seen and photographed by Arthur De Jong, who is an environmental planning manager. They believe it is either an albino bear or a spirit bear. Both of these outcomes relate to…