Category: Rescue Animals
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With unwavering strength, the mother led her herd through rushing waters, love guiding every powerful step to her baby.
A mother elephant has saved her baby from drowning in a nearby river, enlisting the help of the herd to pull the infant free. Pictures show the curious calf exploring the shallows of the river before falling in as it attempted to take a drink. A mother elephant has saved her baby from drowning in…
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She sways in silence, eyes heavy with sorrow, mourning the only friend who reminded her of the family she once had.
Johannesburg Zoo, where Lammie has lived for the entire 39 years of her life, believes it can help Lammie by getting another captive elephant to be her friend. Yet animal welfare advocates believe this could do more harm than good — for both Lammie and the newcomer. While Lammie has only known life at Johannesburg…
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Her cries pierced the jungle—each step away from her family felt like losing her whole world all over again.
A baby elephant who fell into a steep-sided watering hole in Africa was determined not to die. Bruises appeared on her battered body as she struggled to get free of the hole that could have been her final resting place. It was early morning on August 14 in Kenya when people from the Taita Hills…
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With eyes full of worry, the baby elephant stood protectively over his injured friend, love anchoring him in place.
Earlier this week, rangers patrolling the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya spotted five elephants who’d been wounded by arrows. When the rangers gathered information from nearby communities, they learned what had happened — local farmers had shot the elephants after the herd ate some of their crops. Before the team could help the injured…
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“Stay strong, little one!” — the herd surrounded their fallen calf, shielding him with love amid rushing traffic.
And when a young elephant stumbled while crossing a busy road in South Africa, it was no surprise that its herd invaded the road to stop the traffic and came to rescue the stricken calf. The young elephant collapsed while crossing the road in the middle of the busy Kruger National Park in South Africa…
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Splashes of joy filled the air as the rescued baby elephant discovered the magic of its very first bath.
When a baby elephant named Chaba first set foot in a little plastic tub filled with fresh water, it was unlike anything she’d experienced before. Chaba was born in a small concrete pen at an elephant riding camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Her mother, BunMa, was forced to do daily shows — riding a bike,…
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Surrounded by roaring danger, the brave elephant herd charged in, shielding their precious calf with unwavering love and strength.
The impressive moment a herd of elephants club together to save one of their young calves from hungry lionesses has been caught on camera in Botswana. A roaring lioness leapt on the elephant’s back in Chobe National Park, Botswana while her backup stalked the calf from behind Fortunately the single lioness was not strong enough to…
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Chained and alone, the elephant’s eyes told a lifetime of sorrow, forgotten applause echoing in the silence of captivity.
A photo taken by former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus trainer Sam Haddock shows what life is like for the baby elephants born into the circus. The photo captures just a portion of the arduous journey circus elephants go through, which begins when they’re forcibly taken away from their mothers, sometimes at just…
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With trembling hands and tearful eyes, vets freed the trapped calf, turning pain into hope beneath the Kenyan sun.
This is the moment vets flew to the rescue of an elephant calf after it became trapped in a snare laid by poachers in Kenya. Footage shows the baby elephant unable to free its ankle from the tight loop of rope binding it to a stake in the ground in a remote area of the Tana River…
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‘Pick me up, please!’ Slippery and stuck, the little calf gently nudged his mother, pleading for a lift—her loving trunk answered without hesitation.
Wallowing in the mud is glorious fun for elephants young and old. But when you’re still only a baby, trying to stand up again in all that lovely slippery stuff when playtime is over takes a mammoth effort. ‘This mud bath has gone wrong mum, I can’t get up!’ This poor little fellow was left…