Category: Rescue Animals

For more than 50 years, Mohan knew nothing but a life of suffering – but now he’s finally able to break free of his dark past and embrace the bright future ahead of him. As a baby, Mohan was stolen from the wild, separated from his family and herd in the 1960s. From there, the…

She was the last and only elephant in the Philippines AN elephant dubbed by activists as the world’s saddest has died at a Philippine zoo where she spent almost all of her life alone. Vishwamali, better known as Mali to locals, has spent over four decades at Manila Zoo after being kidnapped by the country’s…

HEARTBREAKING footage of an elephant being beaten by her keepers has emerged, as animal rights charity PETA fight to rescue the magnificent animal from a temple in India. The 14-year-old elephant called Sunder has spent six years chained at the Hindu Jyotiba temple, near Mumbai. In December, a court ruled Sunder should be moved to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…