Category: Rescue Animals

An orphaned baby elephant, recently rescued and placed in a wildlife sanctuary, is melting hearts as she learns to navigate life on her own, including mastering the use of her trunk. Abandoned at a young age, this little elephant had not yet fully developed the skills most young elephants learn from their mothers. Trunks are…

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The 9-month-old elephant, which rescuers have named Bani (Mother Earth), was hit by a speeding train near Corbett National Park in northern India in mid-December, leaving her seriously injured and paralyzed. Bani’s mother, who was pregnant at the time, died in the same accident. A veterinary worker at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care…

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The fifty-year-old male jumbo named Khun Pan had been working at the Chang Siam Park in Chonburi, eastern Thailand, giving rides to tourists until the Covid-19 pandemic hit the industry, with holidaymakers banned from visiting. Tragically, the elephant was left to starve – becoming so thin that his bones were protruding from his skin. Khun…

This is the adorable moment a baby elephant and its family walk through an area cleared by lumberjacks. Phantom the elephant was filmed struggling to cross a fallen tree trunk in Chowkham village, in north east India, on Monday afternoon The elephant family are regulars in the village and a local tends to them and uses…

In the dusty outskirts of a small village in southern India, a heartbreaking scene has captured global attention: Manu, a frail elephant with pleading eyes, stands by the roadside, gently extending his trunk to passing cars — not for food, but for help. Locals say Manu once belonged to a traveling circus that shut down…

Last week, an elephant named Soutine was crossing a river in Kenya with her 3-week-old calf when the worst thing happened — the newborn calf lost his balance and was swept downstream by raging waters. She takes several big leaps through the water before she can catch her calf with her outstretched trunk. But her…

This is the devastating moment a baby elephant refused to leave the body of her dead mother, who was killed by poachers for her tusks. The heartbreaking images show 18-month-old Zongoloni sticking by her mum’s side, bravely chasing off any intruders that approached. The calf was also seen stroking her mum with her trunk, devastated…

In the dusty outskirts of a small village in southern India, a heartbreaking scene has captured global attention: Manu, a frail elephant with pleading eyes, stands by the roadside, gently extending his trunk to passing cars — not for food, but for help. Locals say Manu once belonged to a traveling circus that shut down…