Category: Rescue Animals

Nosey just went to a sanctuary — and people are fighting to make sure she can stay there. Nosey, an elderly and arthritic elephant, was being carted through Alabama as part of a traveling circus act when something amazing happened. Nosey was shipped to the U.S. from the plains of Africa in the early 1980s…

Guests and staff at a vacation spot in Kenya acted fast when they spotted a baby elephant being swept away in a flooding river — and it meant the difference between life and death for the little animal. A bystander managed to catch the moment on camera. A group of staffers can be seen swimming…

A 23-year-old elephant named Thong Phoon has spent most of her life being forced to give rides to tourists at trekking camps in Thailand, in Thailand, which requires a particularly brutal training called a “crush” that starts at a very young age. Thong Phoon has given birth to two calves, both of whom were taken away…

Spending most of her days in a concrete cell behind steel bars, Sunny is constantly rubbing her trunk along the walls of her enclosure out of boredom. Years of scratch marks riddle each of the barren walls. It has a chilling resemblance to a prison cell. “She stands on concrete for prolonged periods, which is…

On Monday, a semitruck carrying five elephants, held captive by a European circus company, overturned along a highway in Spain. One animal was killed in the horrific accident, while four remaining survivors were left injured and disoriented as traffic backed up around them. Photos of the aftermath, which shut down the road for more than…

In the wild, she would be surrounded by her loving family and roaming miles together each day, but instead she is on her own and being brutally trained to prepare her to perform at circuses. Recent video taken by undercover agents with Wildlife SOS shows the young elephant writhing in her pen while continuously bobbing…

The elephants can’t move. Metal chains are wrapped around their legs, holding them firmly in place. The only thing they can do is sway their heads back and forth, and tentatively reach out their trunks. But the main issue is the chaining itself, which stops elephants from expressing natural behaviors such as lying down, playing,…

In early September, people living near Tsavo East National Park in Kenya came across a bizarre sight — in the middle of a dam was a strange gray lump. It was a baby elephant. “The conditions surrounding the dam were extremely difficult with slippery mud, and it could be that the herd were simply unable…

The elephant family was being chased across a stretch of land in the Maasai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya. Their assailants, a group of villagers, were using spears and arrows to attack the elephants. But help wasn’t far behind. A ranger from the Mara Elephant Project (MEP) witnessed the attack and alerted the rest of…

“The most incredible, magical, unexpected display took place … ” 🐘❤️️🐘 Mae Dok is nearly 60 years old and she’s spent her entire life in a small town in Thailand, where she was an attraction for tourists. Mae Dok spent years standing by a small bridge, begging for treats. Now that’s her old life. It’s…