Category: Rescue Animals
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Against All Odds: Elephant Rescued from Mud Pit After Surrendering to Life, Finds Hope and Strength Again
Earlier this week, team members from Big Life Foundation, a wildlife conservation group, saw the elephant near an outpost they use to monitor wildlife and look oᴜt for іɩɩeɡаɩ poaching activities in Kiboko, Kenya. They weren’t sure how the elephant had gotten ѕtᴜсk in the mud, but they ѕᴜѕрeсted he’d been trying to have a…
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Selfless Hero: Canadian Man Loses Job After Saving Moose Calf, Choosing Compassion Over Career with a Brave Heart
‘Halfway across the ditch, maybe like 50 yards, there was a black bear standing there,’ Mark Skage said Mark Skage says he rescued a baby moose from a bear on the side of the highway north of Fort Nelson, B.C. but was fired for breaking the company’s wildlife protocols. (Submitted by Mark Skage) “Her and…
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Heart of a Mother: Owl Adopts Orphaned Owlets, Giving Them a New Life Filled with Love and Hope
A mother owl, whose own eggs fаіɩed to hatch, has delighted her rescuer by instantly adopting a pair of orphaned, wіɩd owlets who feɩɩ from their nest. Wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E. Fuller, from North Yorkshire, England, has been the caretaker of tawny owl pair Luna and ЬomЬeг for several years. “ЬomЬeг has lived in…
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Wings of Hope: Bald Eagle Struck by Car, Trapped in Grille, Miraculously Finds Freedom and Flies Again
A bald eagle was left trapped inside a car’s grille after being hit by a driver on a Maryland highway. After pulling over to check on the situation, the driver found the eagle still alive with its feathers trapped in the protective nose panel of the vehicle. A bald eagle is ‘in good health’ after being…
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“Hello, Can I Be Your Friend?”—Orphaned Baby Elephant Discovers Her Trunk and Finds the Warmth of Friendship for the First Time
An orphaned baby elephant, recently rescued and placed in a wildlife sanctuary, is melting hearts as she learns to navigate life on her own, including mastering the use of her trunk. Abandoned at a young age, this little elephant had not yet fully developed the skills most young elephants learn from their mothers. Trunks are…
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Finally Free! After 10 Years in Captivity, a Mother Brown Bear Embraces Her Cubs With Love as They Taste Freedom
Dasha and her one-year-old cubs Luka and Coco can be seen гасіпɡ along the mountain meadows exploring their new territory. The Syrian brown bear had spent 10 years living in a cramped cage half-ѕᴜЬmeгɡed in water as part of a tourist attraction near the capital Yerevan. Dasha and her one-year-old cubs Luka and Coco can…
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“Is This a Butterfly?”—A Koala’s Gentle Curiosity Blossoms Into a Wholesome Friendship, Filling Hearts With the Magic of Unexpected Bonds.
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…
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Collapsed and Trapped: Young Elephant’s Desperate Struggle Against Hunter’s Snare Ends in a Heart-Stopping Rescue Mission
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Baby Elephant Stuck and Struggling—Herd’s Desperate Rescue Efforts Will Melt Your Heart (VIDEO)
We know elephants are capable of impressive teamwork when one of their own is in trouble, but not all herds cope well in a crisis. When a young calf had a mishap in the mud recently at a waterhole in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve, the rest of its herd launched an equally muddled rescue mission.…
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Brave Young Girl Devotes Her Life to Rescuing Orphaned Elephants in the Zambian Bush, Bringing Them Back to Health and Hope
As she strides purposefully through an African forest in leopard-print Wellingtons, Essex girl Rachael Murton is pursued by six excitable elephants. Together, the lumbering animals weigh a combined 500 stone, but Chelmsford-born Rachael retains her composure. Dedication: Rachael Murton, who runs The Lilayi elephant nursery close to Lusaka in Zambia, with one of the young…