Category: Rescue Animals

This whale was literally jumping for joy after a rescue crew saved her friend from drowning. These extraordinary photos show a humpback whale ‘celebrating’ after another female was cut free from stray ropes attached to old lobster pots. The incredible moment was captured by Christine Callaghan, 62, a guide with a whale-watching cruiser in the…

The video is a perfect example of a touch of warmth in adverse situations, which everybody needs their lives. A heartwarming video of a bird rescue is going viral on social media and the warmth from the video is all we need in this cold winter. Well, for us and for the bird. A beautiful,…

Dramatic pictures captured the moment terrified spectators fled for their lives after a group of bears launched an unexpected attack on their rescuers while being released back into the wild in Iraq. This is the dramatic moment terrified spectators fled for their lives after a group of bears launched an unexpected attack on their rescuers…

A herd of elk crossing the Bow River on Sunday morning caught the eye of wildlife photographer Hunter Scrimshaw. He stopped to snap a few images of the herd near Mount Rundle in Banff, Alta., not far from the town’s pedestrian bridge. While he was checking his shots, he heard a loud crack. “Sure enough,…

“He’s not a stepdad, he’s a dad who stepped up” Get ready for The Ugly Duckling 2, as this sweet emu might be the reason we are all going to have a sequel for the heartwarming children’s tale… There are countless stories of different sweet animals adopting another kind of animal in need of a…

Last week, on a cool spring day in Massachusetts, something went terribly wrong for this baby bird. He’d somehow fallen out of his nest, and had no way of getting back on his own. He was utterly lost — that is, until a few kind people stepped in to set things right. “It was a…

This police officer showed so much kindness to a little bear in need. State Trooper Thomas Owens had seen countless black bears during his time working in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. After all, New Hampshire is home to around 5,000 bears, and many called this particular forest home.   After spending so long…

That would be a big change up in the work day. You never know what to expect when you work in the woods. Being a logger or any other outdoors professional usually leads to being in remote areas for long periods of time. And that means the opportunity to see some amazing things in the…

Footage captures the baby elephant submerged in the pit, while its mother scrapes away the mud with its foot. The distressed mother frantically attempts to dig out her child, as it struggles to keep its head above the sticky mud. The baby elephant’s legs were completely submerged in the mud pit on the side of Lake…

Mariya and Aleksandr Dmitriev share a one-bedroom apartment with one of the biggest names in soccer – Messi. No not the star himself, but his namesake – a 90lb puma. The Russian couple first spotted Messi at the Saransk Zoo in Penza when he was just eight-months-old and decided that they had to have him.…