Animals Who Are Thankful in 2014 & 2014’s Top 10 Animal Rescues Caught on Camera!


From moving rare forest elephants in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire to groundbreaking work with companion animals in Mexico, Bosnia and South Africa, IFAW helped save and protect animals around the world.

So many victories...that's what I see when I look back at what you and the rest of the IFAW team did in 2014.

Together we rescued abandoned dogs in Ukraine...gave hands-on care to orphaned elephants...and brought about new policies to protect seals and whales.

I'm so grateful that you're part of the IFAW team, a team that is helping hundreds of thousands of animals around the world.

We've put together a video that shows just a few highlights of 2014. You can be proud that you helped make these successes happen and helped us ease so much suffering and save so many animals' lives.
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There are a lot of reasons to celebrate, but there is still so much work to do.

Can you make a year-end, tax-deductible gift that will help animals in 2015?

I know that floods, storms and other natural disasters will happen next year, but I don't know where. With your help, we'll be ready to respond in a hurry to rescue animals in need.

I know that baby animals will be orphaned. With your help, we'll care for motherless elephants, bears and other young animals.

I know that around the world cats and dogs will need protection and care. With your help, we'll give them a second chance at life.

YOU are the reason we are able to do all that we do for animals. 

Please help us do even more for animals in 2015 by making a year-end, tax-deductible gift today.

Together we can make 2015 a great year for animals. I'll be sure to keep you updated throughout the year about the impact you're making. 


Watch the full rescues!

Oil-Soaked Duck Rescued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHeYGnZgLtk
Calf Rescued From Dairy Farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zV6TgP4qFM
Bears Rescued From Concrete Pits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QZh4OrhVA
Dogs Helped in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbYaiuu2tS8
Sunder the Elephant Swims for the First Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UcIFPPSVo
Piglets Saved From Slaughter: http://youtu.be/GXvdqQA5wXE



This year had its fair share of dramatic, fantastic, and downright cute animal rescue stories. Thankfully, they were filmed.




(Photo: YouTube)

Looking for a heartwarming animal rescue story this holiday season? How about 10?
From porcupines to sharks, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best videos from 2014 of animals in distress, and the people who helped save them. 
1. Indian Villagers Rescue a Lion That Fell Down a Well
What do you do when you find a lion in your well? Rescue it, of course. That’s what residents of Amrapur village in western India did when the pulled an angry 400-pound lion to safety.
Full story here.
2. An Orphaned Baby Sea Otter Learns to Swim
Thanks to some patient animal care workers, a five-week-old sea otter pup learned how to swim. Lucky for us, they decided to film the cutest swimming lesson ever.
Full story here.
3. A Magical Roadside Rescue of an Unborn Baby Porcupine
When Jared Buzzell saw a porcupine get hit by a car in Minot, Maine, he had to check it out. His uncle had told him the animals contained a magical mineral in their stomach, but what Buzzell recovered was a different miracle—a baby porcupine.



Full story here.
4. A Lego Wheelchair Gives This Tortoise Mobility
Blade, a 4.4-ounce turtle, was born with a metabolic bone disease. Blade’s owner took him to an animal hospital, where a German veterinarian was inspired by his son’s toys to build a tiny tortoise wheelchair.

Full story here.
5. Florida Beachgoers Carry a Manatee Back to Sea
It took a village—or at least a small Florida beach crowd—to lift this manatee off the sand and put it back in the water.

Full story here
6. The Coast Guard Frees an 800-Pound Sea Turtle Trapped in Fishing Gear
When some fishing gear off the New Jersey coast snagged an 800-pound leatherback sea turtle, the coast guard sprang to the rescue. The entangled turtle highlighted the growing problem of “ghost fishing,” in which derelict nets that have broken free from fishing vessels continue to catch and kill animals for decades.

Full story here.
7. A Hedgehog Stuck in a Can Is Rescued—Better Toss Your Cans Out Right
A baby hedgehog in the United Kingdom gets rescued from a perilous place—the inside of a can. Wildlife Aid Foundation president Simon Cowell is there to free the critter before any harm is done.

Full story here
8. A Tiger Shark Needs Help, and These Brave Aussies Give It
In Australia, a controversial shark deterrent has been installed offshore near popular beaches. They’re called drumlines—where baited floating hooks await an unsuspecting shark. A group of activists opposed to the drumlines made it their goal to free this tiger shark. Some members of the group swam with the shark until it was able to swim on its own.


Full story here.  
9. A Baby Elephant Is Rescued After Being Separated From Its Mom
When a group of elephants got mixed up with a herd of cattle in the Ndoto Mountains of Kenya, one infant elephant got confused and started following the cows instead of its mother. Once local tribespeople saw what had happened, they alerted a conservation group, which airlifted the baby to its elephant nursery in Nairobi.

Full story here
10. Two Sea Turtles Are Set Free Instead of Becoming a Meal
A group of tourists became animal activists this past summer on the beach of Little Corn Island, Nicaragua, when they saw two endangered loggerhead turtles lying on their backs, the trophies of a recent hunt. Instead of watching the turtles become meat to be sold on the black market, the tourists swooped in, moving the turtles off their backs, into the water and on to freedom.

Full story here