Category: Rescue Animals

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If the people who previously owned Chanchal had been more diligent, she would never had to endure the pain that befell her on the morning of June 29, 2012. On that day, in Noida, India, Chanchal, and another elephant, were hit by a speeding truck, according to a blog post by Wildlife SOS. In the…

An obese elephant was rescued from her abusive owner – using a hydraulic crane to pluck her to safety. The dramatic operation was carried out by a team of 20 wildlife officers who whisked 18-year-old elephant Lakshmi to safety at a sanctuary. Her owners had attempted to conceal her from authorities in Muland, India, where…

In what is being called the biggest elephant rescue operation ever in India, four elephants were shuttled out of the clutches of an “abusive” circus late Monday night. The elephants, referred to as the “Nut Herd” because of their names – Peanut, 6; Coconut, 12; Macadamia, 18; and Walnut, 22 – are currently on the…

A few months ago, a young boy was traversing the woods around his home in India when he stumbled upon a frightening sight. Up ahead was a wide, deep well. Peering down to the bottom of the well, the boy noticed two wild animals hopelessly trapped. Under the guidance of director of wildlife management Tuhin…

Back in August, a game warden in Pennsylvania responded to a call about an animal trapped in a manure pit on a local farm. Approaching the smelly area, the warden found who he’d been looking for — a distressed red-tailed hawk stuck in the muck. Animal experts at Raven Ridge held their breath and welcomed…

Last week, on a cool spring day in Massachusetts, something went terribly wrong for this baby bird. He’d somehow fallen out of his nest, and had no way of getting back on his own. He was utterly lost — that is, until a few kind people stepped in to set things right. “It was a…

The baby elephant was in bad shape when the Kenya Wildlife Service saved him from the well.Caters News An adorable baby elephant narrowly escaped death when it was rescued from the bottom of a well in Africa. The heartwarming survival tale began when a heroic herder discovered the poor exhausted creature — malnourished and covered…

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…

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,…