Category: calf

Orphaned Elephant Calf Who Wandered Alone to a Shop Seeking Help Now Loves Troubling His Foster Mom: VIDEO

A 2-week-old elephant calf, who witnessed the death of his entire family, has been taken under the wing of older elephants at a sanctuary in southern Africa. His carers are marveling at his recovery and are hoping he can eventually be released for a new life in the wild. On Boxing Day in Zimbabwe, a…


VIDEO: Migrating Gray Whale Gives Birth to Calf in Front of Ecstatic California Whale Watchers

Ecstatic whale watchers off the Southern California coast were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime sight when a migrating gray whale gave birth to her calf just meters away from their boat. A cellphone and drone captured the birth and the first moments of the calf. On Jan. 2, Capt. Dave’s Dana Point Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari was…


Mother Elephant Falls Into Drain While Protecting Calf, But Park Rangers Use Crane to Rescue Her, Perform CPR

A stranded mother elephant and her calf were rescued after falling into a golf course drain, before vets revived the unconscious cow with CPR. The elephant and her calf had slipped into the 7-foot-deep hole during a storm, which made the grass muddy and wet, in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand, on July 13. Vets struggled…


Nats’ Juan Soto Avoids Major Calf Injury, Out a Few Days

Washington Nationals star Juan Soto said Monday “everything was fine” with his left calf but that he will miss a few days of action. The outfielder was not in the lineup for the Nats’ Monday matinee against the visiting Miami Marlins. Soto exited Sunday’s 7–4 loss to Miami in the fourth inning after the calf…


Motorists Quietly Wait for a Baby Bison To Finish His Nap on the Road

It’s a majestic moment of compassion and tolerance in the middle of the woods. …


Orphaned Baby Rhino Saved From Near Death Develops Unlikely Friendship With Zebra Calf at Sanctuary

Difficult starts in life only brought one pair of South African orphan animals—of two different species—closer together. A newborn baby rhino, named Daisy, was rescued in early December from a known poaching area at Kruger National Park and brought to Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary. She was found close to death, with her umbilical cord still…


Cheeky Elephant Calf Destroys Cake Made for His Grandmother in Hilarious Video

A baby elephant living at a sanctuary in Thailand has netizens rolling with laughter after destroying a beautiful cake, lovingly prepared for his grandmother by staffers. The cheeky toddler, seeing the treat laid out on Oct. 13, ran ahead and slid on his knees across the cake before tucking into a juicy chunk of watermelon…


Touching Photos Show Mother Humpback Whale Helping Her New Baby to Breathe

These adorable snaps might make you tear up as a heartfelt moment between a mother whale and calf hugging has been captured on camera. The incredibly large marine mammals appear to be cuddling as the mother assists her baby to take a breath, gently coaxing it to the surface. Jasmine Carey, from the Gold Coast,…


Alaskan Motorist Spots Baby Moose Unable to Cross Guardrail to Reunite With Mom, Lends a Hand

A courageous outdoorsman in Alaska saved the day by helping a moose calf over a guardrail to reunite with its mom in early June—and photos taken during the wildlife interaction went viral. Joe Tate and his friends were driving back from a fishing expedition at Ninilchik when they came across a line of cars stopped…


Lost Moose Calf Wanders Into Yard After Mom Spooked by Car; Woman Leads Baby to Adult Moose Who ‘Adopts’ It

A baby moose that lost its mother found a happy ending despite four harrowing, hungry days on its own in New Brunswick, Canada. Margaret Williston found the baby moose distraught, crying, and hungry on her property near Miramichi on Thursday, May 20. A car had spooked the baby’s mother at Hortons Creek Road, leaving the…