Category: Rescue Animals
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Shot in the eye, the owl lay broken—until kind hands brought him to safety, where hope now flickers behind his wounded gaze.
Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later transitioning to staff positions. Nicholas writes and edits anywhere between 7 to 9 stories per day on average for PEOPLE, spanning across each vertical the brand covers. A Great Horned Owl…
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Once trapped in a well and torn by hyenas, Long’uro lost most of his trunk—yet five years later, he walks with unbroken spirit.
Reflecting on just how far he has come in the past five years, we are in awe of our beloved Long’uro as we celebrate his rescueversary! Rescued after being stuck in a well and attacked by hyenas, he was left with only a third of his trunk, but that’s never stopped him – on the…
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Near death in a cruel snare, the baby albino elephant cried silently—until rescuers arrived, turning agony into a fragile fight for life.
A baby albino elephant was found alone in the wild, trapped in a snare in January 2020 in South Africa. The infant was severely injured due to the restraint, and it was thought she might not live. Rescuers took in the dehydrated, starving calf, and took her into the care of the team at…
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Once feared and alone, the mighty silverback found joy beside a tiny friend—showing the world that true kindness knows no size.
how handsome the silverback gorillas who lead the group are over and over again I have told you . When I’m reborn, I want to be the wife of a silverback gorilla. I may have told you from time to time that number 3 is fine, but you can ignore that. Now, more than 20…
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With eyes full of pain, the elderly elephant stood trembling—until gentle hands arrived, offering care, love, and a reason to hope again.
This footage is about an old and weak elephant with a tumor in his leg. It was seen having trouble walking around as well. Wildlife officers are always on time at such dire situations, and they wanted to treat this elephant after a checkup quickly. They were able to tag along with a minister in…
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“Wake up, Mom!” the baby elephant cried, nudging her lifeless body—each push a desperate plea in a world that gave no answer.
This is heart-wrenching moment a baby elephant is seen trying to wake up its mother which collapsed and died after wandering into a village in India. The calf used its trunk to stroke its mother’s head as she lay motionless on the ground in Hiran village, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The ailing mother…
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Chained at the legs, the baby elephant sways in silence—begging by day, weeping by night, trapped in a world without mercy.
The baby elephant called Meena is chained tightly together Shocking pictures have emerged showing a baby elephant unable to move with its legs chained to a pole. Brit traveller Ross Martin said he first came across the isolated calf in a makeshift shack in Phuket two years ago. Meena is allegedly being forced to beg tourists…
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Bleeding and trembling in the paddy field, the handicapped baby elephant waited—forgotten, unloved, and aching for a chance he never had.
A month-old baby elephant was found lying in a paddy field, bleeding from its mouth, after being beaten and abandoned by its mother, outside the Buddhangala Wildlife Sanctuary, in Ampara. Early on Thursday morning, residents of the village of Walathapitiya woke up to see a mother elephant desperately trying to push its infant into the…
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Starving and scared, the baby elephant stood alone—his mother killed searching for food, her sacrifice written in his silent tears.
Adun, a 2-week-old Bornean pygmy elephant, had managed to get himself trapped in a pond near a palm oil plantation. His feet were stuck in the pond’s muddy bottom, and the harder he tried to free himself, the weaker and more tired he became. The Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) – an animal rescue group based…
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Dragging his stump through the dust, the elephant limps on—each step a cry for mercy, each breath a fight to survive.
In a heart-wrenching scene that has left viewers worldwide in tears, an injured elephant was spotted limping through the dust, dragging what remains of one of his legs—a raw, exposed stump. His every step seemed to echo a silent cry for mercy, a quiet plea for help from a world that so often turns away.…