Category: Rescue Animals
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Saved from the brink of death, the baby elephant follows her rescuer endlessly—her every step a silent thank you of love.
Moyo was saved from drowning at just a few days old after he was washed away while trying to cross a flooded river with his herd. He was then abandoned by the older elephants but, luckily, rangers found him just as a pack of hyenas had him surrounded. He was taken to the Wild Is…
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He stands trembling beside her, tiny trunk outstretched, crying “Leave my mummy alone!”—too young to know she’s already gone.
A heartbroken baby elephant was found guarding her dead mother’s body after she ate poisonous crops in Thailand. The 11-month-old elephant Park Mae Mae escaped her enclosure with her mother Moke Chue, 31, and wandered into a plantation to feed on the corn in Tak province on April 22. The orphaned Park Mae Mae was…
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Tears streaming, the baby elephant nudges his mother’s still body, pleading for her to rise, not understanding she’s gone forever.
The calf of a 30-year-old female elephant trying to wake the dead animal up, near Thondamuthoor in Narasipuram forest on Tuesday. (Photo:VIGNESH.B) The calf of a 30-year-old female elephant trying to wake the dead animal up, near Thondamuthoor in Narasipuram forest on Tuesday. In a poignant scene at the Narsipuram forest area in Coimbatore, a…
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Once abandoned and alone, the baby elephant now soars toward hope, cradled in a plane, his future finally beginning.
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. The ten-month-old was abandoned by his mum for five days in the wilderness. Bupe the baby elephant was rescued from certain death after…
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Chained and trembling, baby Raja’s silent cries echoed louder than screams, begging for mercy in a world without kindness.
In all the 30 years I have been working in Asian elephant conservation, I thought I had seen it all – blatant corruption, the rape and total disregard of our beautiful planet and sickening wildlife atrocities, to name but a few. All due to the most dangerous animal of all: homo sapiens. Raja is a…
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Heart racing and eyes wide with fear, the mother elephant screamed helplessly, unaware that rescue was finally near.
It only takes a few seconds to see that love between a mother and child transcends species. When people in Kenya noticed a baby elephant with a poacher’s snare around his ankle in October, they reported that the calf needed help. The Olare Motoragi Conservancy dispatched rescuers to locate the calf – and they found…
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With trembling legs and tearful eyes, the mother elephant stood guard, unwilling to abandon her wounded baby.
Upon receiving photos of the calf, veterinarians from AWARE immediately began to track down the elephant – getting permission to search the parks from wildlife officials, and getting in touch with locals in the area to see if they knew anything about the young elephant and his troubling condition. From the photos provided, the team…
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Chained and terrified, baby Raja’s desperate eyes pleaded for mercy, trapped by rage in a nightmare no soul deserved.
In all the 30 years I have been working in Asian elephant conservation, I thought I had seen it all – blatant corruption, the rape and total disregard of our beautiful planet and sickening wildlife atrocities, to name but a few. All due to the most dangerous animal of all: homo sapiens. Raja is a…
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Tiny trunks raised in fear, baby elephants stumble through pain, forced to perform in a cruel nursery built on heartbreak.
Baby elephants are being bred into captivity to perform tricks for paying tourists, an investigation has found. Disturbing footage allegedly taken at Maesa Elephant Nursery in northern Thailand shows animals being hit and scraped by sharp metal bullhooks. One of the many baby elephants bred into captivity in Thailand (Picture: Amy Jones/Moving Animals) A keeper…
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Tied in agony, the elephants endure whips and hunger, their spirits shattered by cruelty masked as control.
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Commons leader Mark Spencer have refused to take part in a public debate on why they “blocked” a bill that would have spared elephants from torture in Asia. The Brexit opportunities minister and Mr Spencer are widely thought to have vetoed planned legislation to ban UK adverts for foreign theme parks where…