Category: Rescue Animals
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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…
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Trapped in thick mud and too weak to stand, the sick elephant reached out—real-life heroes answered with love and rescue.
In a quiet corner of the forest, beneath the blistering sun and thick, suffocating mud, a sick elephant lay motionless—her massive body half-submerged, her strength all but gone. She had wandered into the marsh, exhausted and dehydrated, and simply couldn’t pull herself free. Each attempt to rise only dragged her deeper into despair. Local villagers…
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After 36 grueling hours, rescuers cheered as the injured elephant was gently lifted from the 20-foot well—hope rising with him.
The elephant had fallen into the well after she and her herd were chased by villagers in the Surajpur district, who suspected the creatures of trying to raid their crops. The villagers had woken to the sound of the 18-member herd and had managed to chase them away by lighting up torches and waiving them…
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Each night, little Kerrio curls into soft hay, tongue peeking out—safe, loved, and watched over by the gentle keeper beside her.
Baby elephant bedtime looks a little like this at the Nairobi Nursery Every night, the orphaned baby elephants recline on a mattress of soft hay and catch up on their forty winks. Some, like our little sleeping beauty Kerrio, drift off immediately, knackered out by their day of adventures and explorations in the National Park.…
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We found the baby elephant ensnared and bleeding—her cries fading—just in time to save her from a slow, silent death.
An elephant calf in Lake Kariba has been abandoned by her herd as she struggles through the rugged vegetation with a crude wire snare wrapped tightly around her leg, slowly ripping through her flesh as it tightens by the hour. The calf – believed to be under two years of age – was spotted by…
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Struggling to breathe, the elephant raised his trunk above the water—until rescuers arrived, lifting him from fear into life again.
In early September, people living near Tsavo East National Park in Kenya came across a bizarre sight — in the middle of a dam was a strange gray lump. It was a baby elephant. The elephant had fallen in the dam and clearly couldn’t get out on his own. He was lying on his side…