Category: Rescue Animals

Meet Bani, a baby elephant whose life took a dramatic turn at just 9 months old when she was struck by a train, leaving her injured and paralysed. Recently, Wildlife SOS shared a heartwarming video capturing Bani’s joyful playfulness, and it quite literally is the cutest sight on the Internet. The caption states, “This pool…

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…

Footage from Olare Motorogi Conservancy in south-west Kenya shows a calf being darted by a veterinary team with a tranquiliser after it was injured by a poacher’s snare on his hind leg. The distressed mother tries to protect her unconscious baby after the animal was caught in a poacher’s snare Heartbreaking footage shows the mother…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…