After being separated from his flock during a storm, ‘Bigbird’ the pelican was taken in by the staff at a safari camp. Jeffrey, the camp manager, took Bigbird out each morning to fish and developed an unlikely friendship.
He found the penguin in 2011 washed ashore and covered in oil. He nursed him back to health and now he returns every year to hang out.
This is what a hero looks like.
In 2000, Jessica got caught in a flood and was washed away from her mother. Tonie and Shirley Joubert discovered the baby hippo who still had her umbilical cord attached. They decided to rescue and take care of Jessica, who became ‘imprinted’ to the couple, forming a lifelong bond.
Watch Bruiser the brown bear go for his daily dip at the Single Vision animal sanctuary in Melrose, Florida. 10/10 on form, what a leap!
Meet Matilda, a beautiful cat with a rare eye condition.
It was a cold and windy day when Cameron Bloom’s son Noah spotted her, a 3-week old Magpie that had fallen out of her nest and been abandoned by her mother. “She barely had any feathers … and she was close to dying,” Bloom recalls. The Sydney-based family took her to their local vet…
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney, AV-8B Harrier aircraft pilot, talks about his experience during a controlled landing after his front landing gear malfunctioned on the aircraft aboard the USS Bataan, at sea, June 7, 2014. Video by Sgt. Alisa Helin | 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
In 2005 Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns set up a baby kangaroo rescue centre in central Australia’s Alice Springs. The centre was created to raise and nurture orphaned kangaroos whose mothers had been struck and killed by vehicles in Australia. Often Chris would find the orphans at the side of the road still in their mother’s…
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