Drowning Leopard Rescued From A 60 foot Well By Wildlife SOS. Catch Wildlife SOS team led by senior veterinarian, Dr.Ajay assisting the Forest Dept. to rescue a 3 year old Leopard who had fallen inside a 60 ft deep well in Pimpalgaon Sinddhanath village in Junnar, Maharashtra.
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Dion Leonard recently witnessed the kindness stray dogs are capable of first hand while participating in an extreme marathon in China. He was taking part in 4 Desert Race when he met Gobi, the dog, in the Tian Shah mountain range. While many stray dogs are a bit hesitant around people they first meet, Gobi was not. She followed Dion, step by step, along the seven-day, 250-kilometer run. Pretty impressive stamina for such a tiny pup!
Unsurprisingly, Leonard and Gobi formed an incredible bond.
Baby Gorilla Rescued From Armed and Dangerous Group Gets a New Family in Sanctuary Home. We don’t know how little Lulingu ended up with an armed and dangerous group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but it’s safe to assume her wild mother did not give her up without a fight – probably at the expense of her life.
In February 2016 a one-and-a-half-year-old female infant gorilla, later named Lulingu, was confiscated from this armed group in South Kivu Province of eastern DRC. Lulingu was given emergency medical care then transferred to Virunga National Park, which had served as her temporary home while genetic tests were run to determine her subspecies. Lulingu was confirmed to be a Grauer’s gorilla and needed to be airlifted to the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education (GRACE) Center so she could be with other Grauer’s gorillas to begin her rehabilitation journey.
Getting Help for Lulingu
The transfer was coordinated by GRACE, Gorilla Doctors, Virunga National Park, and Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, with support by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
GRACE is the only sanctuary that provides long-term care for rescued Grauer’s gorillas. Located in a remote part of North Kivu Province, eastern DRC, GRACE currently cares for 13 gorillas, ranging in age from 3-15 years. A key goal is to reintroduce the orphans back into the wild, if feasible. But GRACE’s ultimate commitment is to the welfare of each gorilla, and we are therefore dedicated to providing life-long care for individuals that require it.
Transfer day arrived and Lulingu was calm and slept in her caregiver’s arms during the one-hour plane ride. Once in the car, she was curious, often looking out the window as she sat on her caregiver’s lap.
On her first day in the GRACE forest, Lulingu immediately climbed up a tree and began eating Myrianthus fruits, a gorilla favorite. She then climbed to the top of another tree and promptly made a nest. GRACE Animal Care Manager, Dalmas Kakule, wasn’t surprised. “We sometimes think that these gorillas need us, but they already know how to be gorillas. They are the ones that teach us.”
Lulingu is in quarantine at GRACE to ensure she is healthy and adapts well to her new environment. When ready, she will be introduced to the 13 other orphan gorillas at GRACE that live in a surrogate family group and range within the world’s largest gorilla forest enclosure. When new gorillas are young like Lulingu, one of the adult females in the group typically “adopts” them and assumes responsibility for mothering and teaching needed skills (e.g., foraging, nest-building, etc.) Lulingu will be the youngest gorilla at GRACE but will have many playmates, as there are several young ones in the group.
Hope for Gorillas
Grauer’s gorillas only live in eastern DRC and are classified endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Justification for the listing is “due to high levels of exploitation, and loss of habitat and habitat quality as a result of political unrest and expanding human activities.”.Their population has plummeted by nearly 80 percent over the past 20 years. There are now only about 3,800 Grauer’s gorillas remaining in the wild.
Lulingu will be part of a gorilla group again and have access to a forest environment and a natural diet. She may one day even be able to return to the wild and live out the life that was stolen from her by poachers. Image source: GRACE
Amazing Wildlife Team Rescues Sloth Bear Injured by Explosive Bait Trap. Tens of millions of animals are killed every year at the hands of poachers. Motivated by the lucrative black market trade of animal parts, these hunters will go to any length to get what they desire. They leave nets in the water to capture turtles, they set up traps and snares for animals to stumble upon, and sometimes, when at a close enough distance, they simply shoot these creatures down.
Recently in India, animal rescue organization, Wildlife S.O.S., responded to a call about a sloth bear who was critically injured by an explosive that poachers had left in his path. When emergency responders arrived at the scene, they found that the explosive device had gone off in the bear’s mouth, causing a severe internal fracture to the bear’s jaw. It was clear that the bear was in excruciating pain and needed immediate medical attention.
When the four-member rescue team arrived at the bear’s location, they quickly deduced that the animal’s wounds were internal and had been caused by biting into a food-bait explosive.
These Rescuers Drove for Four Days to Give Last Surviving Bear From Failed Circus a New Life. Boa Lam the Moon bear is the last surviving member of a group of 11 bears purchased by Dambri Resort in Lam Dong Province in Vietnam between 2008 and 2009. This Asiatic black bear was purchased by the owners of the resort who intended on training the bears to dance and perform as part of a circus attraction. However, when plans for the establishment changed abruptly, all 11 bears were relegated to a corner of the resort and promptly forgotten about.
Without care, the bears eventually died off, that is all of the bears, except Boa Lam. This sweet bear was left in isolation, living in squalid conditions in the lush and spacious resort, until Animals Asia intervened and arranged for her rescue.
Meet Boa Lam.
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