Category: Rescue Animals
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“Mama, please wake up,” the baby elephant whimpered, nudging her still body, clinging to a love that death couldn’t erase.
The five-month-old lovingly laid his trunk on her as the emotional drama was played out in Samburu, northern Kenya. The baby elephant was discovered holding a vigil for his dead mother in Samburu, north Kenya Such was the five-month-old’s devotion, he was oblivious to the cold, and threat of predators An autopsy later revealed that…
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Tears in her eyes, the baby elephant swayed with grief—until gentle voices said, “Poor baby, we will help,” and hope returned.
The 9-month-old elephant, which rescuers have named Bani (Mother Earth), was hit by a speeding train near Corbett National Park in northern India in mid-December, leaving her seriously injured and paralyzed. Bani’s mother, who was pregnant at the time, died in the same accident. A veterinary worker at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care…
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Dumped in a filthy cage, the baby lions cry out, alone and scared, clinging to life in a world that’s forgotten them.
These cute little lion babies have not been around for long, but they have had a lot of terrible experiences already. Kossara and Simba were born in early July in a shabby and dirty enclosure in a zoo in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Their parents are siblings and were only given to the zoo on loan. The…
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Starving and trembling in blood-soaked cages, the abandoned animals await help that never came, forgotten in the chaos of war.
Suffering animals at Taiz Zoo would have all died, had three volunteers not stepped in to help ZOO animals trapped in the middle of war-torn Yemen are being reduced to flesh and bone. Lions and leopards have been left in dirty urine stained cages soaked in blood at Taiz Zoo. Starving animals are being reduced…
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Their ribs jutting through fragile skin, the five lions stare with hollow eyes—living ghosts trapped in a Sudanese nightmare called a zoo.
Online calls are growing to help save five ‘malnourished and sick’ African lions held at a park in Sudan’s capital, with some demanding the creatures be shifted to a better habitat. The five lions are held in cages at Khartoum’s Al-Qureshi Park in an upscale district of the capital, but for weeks now they have…
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Rescued at last, the lions emerged from filth and darkness—scars on their bodies and souls telling stories no cage should hold.
TRAUMATISED lions have finally escaped their filthy and cramped conditions at the world’s worst zoo. Horrifying photographs of animals living in cramped concrete cages sparked a major rescue operation at the Safari park in Fier, Albania. The lion can be seen to be ‘severely malnourished’ as it lies in its filthy enclosureCredit: Caters News Agency…
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One of the five starving lions has died, his frail body giving in—while the others wait, eyes hollow, clinging to fading hope.
One of the five starving lions held in filthy cages at a nightmare zoo in Sudan died yesterday as the campaign to save the remaining four animals continued to gather momentum. The lioness received intravenous fluids for several days at Al-Qureshi Park in an upstate part of the country’s capital, Khartoum, before she died on…
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“Please, stop and save my baby!” the mother elephant cried, blocking the road—her eyes pleading, heart breaking, hope hanging by a thread.
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“C’mon, my baby! Don’t give up!” she cried, as her wounded calf limped into her embrace—love stronger than pain or fear.
The 3-month-old elephant calf was first spotted by a camp manager at the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) in Zimbabwe during the first week of July. His right hind leg was severely swollen, leaving him in desperate need of medical attention. The camp manager took photos of the elephant and sent them to AWARE Trust Zimbabwe. “These…
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In the pouring rain, the mother elephant cries out, “Please help my baby!”—then gently bows in gratitude before disappearing into the wild.
Many animals suffering from drought in Africa are desperate for rain — but when it comes, it can cause some unexpected problems. The baby had slipped into a drinking trough in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, and the mud made it impossible for the newborn’s little legs to climb out. Luckily, people were watching. Some visitors…