Category: Rescue Animals
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Behind every tourist ride in Thailand lies a tortured soul—elephants beaten, broken, and bled for smiles that ignore their suffering.
Horrifying photos have emerged of injured ‘entertainment’ elephants as Australian tourists travelling to Thailand are being begged not to ride the animals. Elephants in Thailand are being subjected to terrible abuse from their keepers as they are forced to perform tricks for tourists every day (pictured) Elephant keepers use bull hooks to hit the animals…
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Shivering and soaked, the exhausted baby elephant clung to life—rescued from the pit just as his strength began to fade.
After getting stuck in an abandoned water pit for hours, a weary adult Asian elephant was helped out by rescuers in southwest China, Global Times reported. Residents of the village in Yunnan created the water pit, which is nearly 2 meters deep. Those who found the elephant believed she’d been foraging for food when she…
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The baby elephant nudged his mother’s lifeless body, eyes wide with confusion, unaware her silence was the cost of human fear.
A heartbreaking photo shows an elephant calf desperately trying to wake its dead mother after its carcass was found in a forest. The young animal appears to be nudging its parent with its trunk in a hopeless attempt to revive her. The elephant was one of seven that is believed to have died at the…
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Lost and alone, the baby elephant found comfort in a stray dog’s wagging tail—their unlikely bond melted every heart.
Often, baby rhinos and elephants are left alone when poachers kill their families. Fortunately, there are dedicated people there working with these poor babies every day to help them grow up healthy and happy. Sometimes they’re even able to be reintroduced into the wild. But poaching isn’t the only thing that can leave a baby…
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The baby elephant nuzzled her mother’s lifeless body, crying softly, refusing to leave—the only love she’d ever known now gone.
This is the heart-wrenching moment that a baby elephant stands by her dead mother’s side trying to wake her up. The desperate calf nudges her mother with her trunk in an attempt to elicit a response. Desperate: This is the heart-wrenching moment that a baby elephant stands by her mother’s side, mourning her tragic loss…
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Rescued from the swamp but too weak to fight, the elephant took his last breath surrounded by those who tried.
An Asian elephant, which was rescued from a muddy swamp in Rangunia a month ago, died while undergoing treatment in Dulahazara Safari Park in Chakaria, Cox’s Bazar. The female elephant, aged 10, died early Saturday. Asian elephants are categorised as critically endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In total, 154 elephant deaths…
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The rangers found the helpless calf stranded in the creek with its legs sunk into the mud. They were about to give up and take the calf out of the forest to be raised in a wildlife nursery when the herd returned to reclaim it.
The rangers were patrolling the areas of Tat Mok Park, Nam Nao National Park and Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Phetchabun’s Muang district when they found the helpless calf stranded in the creek with its legs sunk into the mud. When the rangers arrived, they noticed the mother elephant walking nervously nearby. Ronnarat said the…
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The elephant, rescued in Narayanganj after a viral torture video, stood trembling—her bruised body a map of silent, endured suffering.
The Forest Department has successfully rescued 17-year-old Niharkoli, the elephant that was seen in a video being brutally tortured and shackled in Comilla’s Daudkandi. The rescue operation was concluded at 3:30pm on Saturday when the elephant was released at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur. Prior to this, at 11am, the elephant…
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A skeleton wrapped in skin, tendons exposed, she trembled—starved, wounded, and stripped of lashes by those who saw profit, not pain.
On the second of February 2015 after a 20 hour truck ride, a rickety shadow of an elephant arrived to Elephant Nature Park. A skeleton shrink wrapped in dried out skin, she was covered with pressure wounds. Tendons exposed, not a muscle left in her body with the exception of her trunk. Lucky for her,…
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For 70 years, Shirley endured pain, loneliness, and captivity—until at last, she found peace in sanctuary, her eyes soft with relief.
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee’s oldest elephant, Shirley, is turning 70 on July 6. Despite the fact that the average life span of captivated elephants is 42 years, five of the 11 elephants in the sanctuary have lived past that age, the oldest being Shirley. Shirley’s milestone birthday of 70 years is being…