Category: Rescue Animals

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This 45-year-old elephant has been confined to a 12ft square room for 20 years. All four feet are chained, he is forced to lie in his own faeces, and he hasn’t seen daylight for over a year. In chains: Suraj cuts a pathetic figure before his rescue as he lies shackled at the Martand Temple,…

An elephant calf collapsed ‘with exhaustion’ while tied to its mother as she gave rides to tourists in eastern Thailand last week. The animal, believed to be around a year old, was attached to its mother by the neck with a length of rope in Pattaya. In the clip, filmed by a concerned tourist, onlookers…

Poaching, deforestation and tourism are three major threats to elephants in Asia, and very few get a second chance in life like Tofu, an 8-month-old elephant rescued from a life in chains in Laos. “I found Tofu at a horrible tourist riding camp in Laos while investigating another young elephant found stuck in chains for…