Category: Rescue Animals

Sirius Black once said that you can tell a lot about a person not by how they treat their equals but by how they treat their inferiors.   while this bit of wisdom comes from a fictional character, it is no less true. How we treat those who can do nothing for us in return…

The distressed bird was in such a state it was initially mistaken for a chicken A barn owl has been rescued after it got trapped in a ‘sticky’ bucket near Totnes. The animal, which was believed to have hatched this year, was discovered after it fell into a molasses bucket, a sugary mixture used to…

When some local rescuers in Thailand discovered an otter living in a tiny wooden box, they were shocked. He’d been kept alone in the box for years, where he survived on things like noodles and meatballs — instead of a healthy diet of shellfish. The otter, later named Thung Ngern, was transferred to a temporary…

A California nature lover saw a humorous scene unfold while driving, so she stopped her car and began filming a brown bear helping her two tiny cubs over a wooden fence. One cub scaled the fence with ease, but the second gave its mom a hard time. Christina Flores Hinojosa, 51, was driving to her…

When Coco the woodchuck was badly injured, she lay down in the middle of a family’s yard, unable to move anymore. She stayed there in the same spot for three days, and when the family finally noticed her, they assumed she was dead. Poor Coco was incredibly close to death, and so the family decided…

It could be straight out of Disney hit The Lion King but this lion cub and meerkat cuddling up to each other is real. Meet the real-life Simba and Timon. The loveable duo have been best chums since new-born lioness Zinzi was rescued by being taken into the home of zoo and safari ranch owner…

This is the heartbreaking moment a fox got its head stuck in a plastic bottle while out in the wild. This is the heartbreaking moment a fox got its head stuck in a plastic bottle while out in the wild A dedicated team at South Essex Wildlife Hospital tried desperately to save the fox’s life…

Severely emaciated and barely able to walk, this neglected cougar was found in a backyard zoo where he was allegedly fed a diet of live cats and dogs. A badly injured leopard discovered in a nearby cage at the Alabama menagerie was believed to have been mauled by a doberman served up as lunch. Rescuers…

It could be straight out of Disney hit The Lion King but this lion cub and meerkat cuddling up to each other is real. Meet the real-life Simba and Timon. The loveable duo have been best chums since new-born lioness Zinzi was rescued by being taken into the home of zoo and safari ranch owner…

A villager in Colombia who thought he had rescued a small kitten from the side of the road was stunned to discover it was actually a baby PUMA. Elmer Guzmán was riding his motorcycle in Alvarado, a rural town in the center-west province of Tolima, when he found the small animal on the side of…