Category: Rescue Animals

This orphaned elephant had lost everything — but he just found the best possible family at Elephant Nature Park (ENP). Dok Geaw was orphaned at only 4 months old after his mother, a logging elephant, was injured during his birth. Before she could recover, she was immediately forced back into the logging industry, where she died…

Sometimes it’s the friendship you never expect that can end up saving your life. In the case of an orphaned elephant in South Africa, you’ll never guess what bond did wonders for its well being. You’ve heard of bonds between cheetahs and dogs, cats and rabbits, and lions and bears, but what about elephants and…

A video of an elephant mourning the loss of its long-time companion at a circus in Russia has gone viral. The elephant can be seen refusing to leave its fallen friend’s side. A video of an elephant’s grief has left the internet in tears after it went viral on social media. The video shows the…

“It’s time for Grandma to be cared for well and allowed to rest,” the rescue wrote on Facebook. “We’re on a rescue mission to protect Somboon and transport her to her final true home.” In late January, Somboon was finally rescued from the place where she was forced to work her whole life and taken…

This is the dramatic moment a baby elephant was rescued from a mud pit – by a digger. The rescue took place near Makindu in Southern Kenya, where local farmers found the distressed male elephant desperately trying to escape after being stuck for 12 hours. Unable to help the large mammal climb the steep clay…

A beautiful moment of how a released and rehabilitated elephant mama returned to a rescue centre was captured on camera. What is incredible is that she momentarily visited the place to introduce her newborn baby to introduce her to the keepers of the place. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an NGO dedicated to helping orphaned elephants, shared…

The poignant title, “The Baby Elephant That ɩoѕt Its Mother and Was іпjᴜгed in the Forest Was Fortunately Saved by Forest Rangers,” encapsulates the emotional depth of this narrative. The phrase “ɩoѕt its mother” immediately evokes a sense of ⱱᴜɩпeгаЬіɩіtу and loneliness, portraying the profound emotional іmрасt of the separation. Simultaneously, “іпjᴜгed in the forest”…

After being rescued earlier this month from an elephant riding camp, where she spent the last 20 years, she still couldn’t even sleep. She’d been awake for about a week straight when rescuers brought her to her new home, Phuket Elephant Sanctuary in southern Thailand. She was so weak, people had to give her fluids…

Last month, we shared with you the shocking rescue of Simotua, an elephant calf that had been attacked by poachers. Speared in the skull by poachers, and suffering from a terrible snare wound to his leg, even our teams who have rescued more than 180 orphaned infant elephants from all manner of situations to date,…

A baby elephant cried inconsolably after being rejected by his mother. He was heartbroken. He couldn’t believe that the being who was supposed to care for him and watch over him would leave him to his fate. Little Zhuang not only felt rejected by his mother, but she also tried to hurt him, something that…