Category: Rescue Animals
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Bleeding and barely standing, the elephant cried out in agony—each step from the poacher’s snare a scream etched in pain.
WARNING – DISTRESSING CONTENT: The elephant was found in Kruger National Park, South Africa, suffering from grisly leg wounds after being snared in a poacher’s trap An elephant in the Kruger National Park is rescued from a cruel cable snare(Image: Kruger National Park / @SANParksKNP) An elephant’s pain from a grisly leg wound after being…
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After 40 years of loneliness, the last elephant at the South African zoo stepped into freedom—tears trailing each heavy step.
The last elephant in South Africa’s national zoo has been released back into the wild after 40 years of captivity. The elephant, named Charlie, was captured in 1984 from Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park when he was two years old. He was taken to Boswell Wilkie Circus in South Africa and trained to perform tricks.…
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Trumpeting with urgency, the elephants rushed as one—forming a circle of love to lift the baby from the zoo’s pond.
This tiny baby elephant has learned that diving in at the deep end isn’t always the best strategy. Elephants are clearly the most devoted parents around – and proof comes from this dramatic clip showing the moment that protective instinct suddenly kicked in for two adults. Footage from Grand Park Zoo in Seoul, South…
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With gentle rumbles and tearful eyes, Madhubala touched trunks with her family—15 years of longing melting into one embrace.
Global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS successfully transferred African elephant Madhubala from the inappropriate keeping conditions at Karachi Zoo to her brand-new tailor-made enclosure at Karachi Safari Park. After more than 15 years of separation from her siblings Malika and Sonia, this day will go down as the reunion of the decade and an emotional…
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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…