Category: Rescue Animals
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After two decades apart, Shirley and Jenny locked trunks, trembling with memories, their silent tears speaking of love unforgotten.
This is the incredible moment two elephants were reunited – more than 20 years after they performed in a circus together. Shirley and Jenny were filmed meeting for the first time since the late 1970s at an animal sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Reunion: This is the moment elephants Shirley (left) and Jenny met for the…
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After 53 years of pain, she collapsed into her sister’s embrace, their tears telling a story of broken time healed.
The elephant ambulance pulled into the Wildlife S.O.S. rescue center today bringing its latest precious cargo – Rhea. The former circus elephant is finally home after a long journey. And she’s having the best reunion ever. For 53 years, Rhea suffered torment and torture at the hands of circus workers. But as the elephant ambulance…
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With each sorrowful step, the elephants walked 12 hours in silence, their grief deeper than any human farewell.
This incident happened years ago when Lawrence Anthony, a conservationist, and writer called “The Elephant Whisperer”, died. Though uninformed of the occurrence, a herd of wild elephants, who were traveling to his house in the South African state of Kwazulu-Natal, helped rescue and rehabilitation after his death. They stood around the house for two days…
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Confused and innocent, baby Ndotto was gently rescued—his new herd reminding him where he truly belongs.
The young elephant and his family became mixed up with livestock belonging to the Samburu community in the remote Ndoto Mountains in Northern Kenya. Thirsty work: Ndotto the elephant, who got separated from its family when it followed some cattle, takes a drink from carers at a specialist elephant orphanage in Kenya Rescue: Barely a…
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With minutes to spare, rescuers pulled the sinking elephant to safety—his grateful eyes said thank you forever.
A baby elephant was rescued with just minutes to spare after spending over 12 hours stuck in a mudpool. The young bull was spotted with mud up to its neck by a group of tourists on safari along the Zambezi River in Africa. He said: ‘Elephants are particularly drawn to these areas and when moving…
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Tears streamed down his weathered face as the half-blind elephant tasted freedom after fifty years of silent suffering.
This half-blind elephant has finally been rescued after he spent 50 years being locked up and illegally forced to take part in wedding ceremonies. Concerned animal lovers apparently spotted the ailing three-and-half tonne jumbo, named Sanjay, tied up with spiked chains by his cruel captors. Within hours of moving into his new home, Sanjay appeared…
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A lost baby elephant gently wandered in, and the family’s hearts melted as the children whispered, “Can we keep her?”
It can be hard to address the elephant in the room; however it becomes considerably easier when one is standing in your lounge. Staff at a game reserve in Zululand, South Africa found themselves with an unusual problem after a 10-day-old baby elephant ran away from its mother and ended up in their garden. How…
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Touching moment I have ever seen. With tears in his eyes, the elephant turned to the villagers, his gaze a silent thank you for saving his life.
A six-year-old female elephant was rescued dramatically when she fell 30ft into a dried-up farm well in Southern India. Heart stopping footage shows the distressed animal trying and failing to get a foothold to climb out of the parched well, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Rescuers in Southern India battled to save…
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The old, frail elephant cried out in pain, unable to move as a massive tumor had crippled him for over a month. He cried out softly for help as we approached.
This footage is about an old and weak elephant with a tumor in his leg. It was seen having trouble walking around as well. Wildlife officers are always on time at such dire situations, and they wanted to treat this elephant after a checkup quickly. They were able to tag along with a minister in…
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Covered in mud and tears, the baby elephant collapsed again, too exhausted to rise, searching for comfort that never came.
At three weeks old, this baby Asian elephant loves spending the day scampering around his enclosure in a bid to find his feet. But it seems the calf is still trying to get to grips with his tiny legs after he fell trunk-first into the mud when his feet got tangled up. Unsteady: Three-week old…