Donkeys are dropping dead in severe Zimbabwe drought.
For the animals of Zimbabwe, the new year does not mean new hope. It means 365 long, miserable days filled with suffering and pain. Without our help, many will not survive. Credit: MARES “The donkeys are collapsing and dying. We have no more feed or grass. Things are very desperate.” – Matebeleland Animal Rescue and […]
Wild animals still desperate for life-saving care as Los Angeles fires continue.
Intense fires are still raging in Los Angeles and extreme winds forecasted for today and tomorrow pose a deadly new threat to wildlife. Rescuers are being overwhelmed by the number of wild bird and animal victims and these creatures badly need your help. A mountain lion in Los Angeles seeks refuge from the burning landscape. […]
This drone could help save countless wild animals.
Somewhere in the Zimbabwean wilderness, a mother hippo is struggling to survive as a brutal wire snare cuts into her face and jaw. If she dies, her calf will be orphaned and left to fend for itself in the unforgiving wilderness, likely being killed by predators or caught in a cruel snare like the one […]
Will you give orphaned elephants the gift of water this holiday season?
Before you raise your holiday glass to bid farewell to the year, we ask you to take a moment to think about the animals. The endangered elephants of South Africa have a vital item on their wish list for 2024 – and they are sincerely hoping you’ll help make it come true… Credit: HERD Please […]
Feed an orphaned rhino this festive season.
The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, but for six-week-old rhino calf Hercules, this time of year has brought nothing but unimaginable horror. Credit: Care For Wild Orphaned, attacked by hyenas and left for dead, this poor infant is fighting for his life at the Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary (CFW) in […]
1,000 days of war means 1,000 days of animal suffering.
It has been over 1,000 days since war broke out in Ukraine – and every day has meant unbelievable suffering and abject terror for the wild animals abandoned as missiles strike and bullets fly. Credit: WARC Countless animals have died and countless more still wander the frontlines, miraculously escaping death as their homes are blown […]
Baby pangolin stuffed in a sack and left to die.
Today, an eight-month-old pangolin pup desperately needs your help. Saved from a bushmeat market in Lekki, Nigeria, after a tip-off, she was found in a truly horrendous state. Credit: GWCI The fragile young animal was stuffed into a filthy sack and infested with hundreds of disease-carrying ticks, which clung to every inch of her body. […]
Starving animals in Botswana resorting to cannibalism.
Across Southern Africa, drought-stricken hippos are resorting to dreadful measures to fill their achingly empty bellies. Credit: de Wets Wild In Botswana, these normally herbivorous animals are so hungry, they have been eating the rotting carcass of a dead cow. But somehow, it gets worse. In the Motopi region, a herd of hippos was seen […]
Infant flying fox, Suzie, was blinded, orphaned and maimed by a poacher.
Suzie is a tiny, fragile infant flying fox who has endured horrendous suffering in her short life. A poacher in the Seychelles stole her from a tree while her mother was out foraging for food, and then horrifically abused her. Credit: Online Just a helpless infant torn from her mother, Suzie was blinded after being […]
Poachers are killing weakened wild animals as they search for water during drought.
Along the banks of the drying-up Zambezi River, wild animals are being slaughtered as they drink what little life-saving water they can. While they battle devastating drought, cunning poachers are taking advantage of their weakness, and majestic elephants, giraffes, leopards, lions, sable antelope and many others are easy targets. The diminishing Zambezi River forms a […]
Devastating wildfires leave baby animals orphaned.
When the dry South African landscape catches fire, there is little animals can do to escape the raging flames, which can tear through the bushveld at a terrifying 13.5mph (22kph). Credit: Friends of Free Wildlife Recently, two tiny jackal cubs were orphaned in such fires. Their mothers either lost them as they became disoriented in […]
Feed an orphaned rhino for $33.
Little rhino calf Angie was just six months old when poachers brutally killed her mother right before her eyes in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. Credit: HESC Covered in her mother’s blood, Angie refused to leave her side. Can you imagine the distress of a baby rhino after witnessing the horror of her mother being slain? […]
We’re still trying to reach our goal to fill waterholes in Botswana.
Our supporters are helping to provide critical water sources for wildlife in drought-ravaged Botswana, saving countless animals from dehydration and death. Credit: Camelthorn Farmstead Now, we have discovered that animals are dying on the banks of two more waterholes that have run completely dry. The situation is heart-breaking – but the good news is that, […]
Critical haven for abused tigers in Thailand has run out of space.
For around 15 years, Susu the Bengal tiger was chained up in Phuket Zoo in southern Thailand, abused and mistreated for human ‘entertainment.’ Credit: Amy Jones/Moving Animals Every day of those 15 years she lived in anguish, locked up like a prisoner. Her “crime?” Being born in a country where animals are commodities, used to […]
Lions and tigers abandoned on Ukraine war frontlines.
The war in Ukraine is a nightmare for countless lions, tigers and other wild animals. As people flee Russian advances, zoos and private owners abandon dangerous, captive wild animals who will be shot on site by soldiers. Our supporters already helped rescue two injured, infant lion cubs from the frontline. They will survive, thanks […]
Food has run out once again for starving hippos.
A while ago, we asked for your help to feed 100 starving hippos along the Boteti River in Botswana’s Makgadikgadi National Park, where a brutal drought had decimated the animals’ food sources. The desperately hungry hippos were eating elephant dung to survive – until we rushed them emergency food supplies thanks to your support. Credit: Camelthorn […]
Three tiny pangolins fighting for survival after poachers’ brutal attack.
In a ‘perfect’ world, baby pangolins Lulu, Biscuit and Henry would still be in the wild. They would be learning to forage for food and discovering the wonders of their natural habitat under the gentle, protective watch of their mothers. But this is not a perfect world… Credit: Umoya Khulula Instead, it is a world plagued by […]
Sold online, this rescued baby gibbon is barely bigger than your hand.
Tiny Sombad, a white-cheeked gibbon, was just a few weeks old when he was ripped from his family in the Cambodian wild and caught in the terrifying world of illegal wildlife smuggling in Southeast Asia. Just a baby, he lost everything – the safety of his family; his natural habitat; his loving and nurturing mother. Credit: LCTW […]
Help us save a snared baby elephant before it’s too late.
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 […]
Tiny lion cubs rescued in Ukraine urgently need treatment.
The terrible war in Ukraine is claiming animal lives by the thousands. Among the most tragic victims are lions and tigers abandoned as zoos collapse and private owners flee. Credit: ASI/Dejan Radic We have just rescued two tiny lion cubs from Ukraine’s deadly frontlines. Their legs are BROKEN. Please, help us care for them right […]
Massive drought has starving hippos running out of time!
We are reaching out today because we have still not reached our goal to feed 100 starving hippos through Botswana’s worst drought in decades. Please, will you help? The scenes are harrowing: A hundred starving hippos desperately searching the parched landscape for scraps to eat, their helpless, newborn infants by their sides. Without food, they […]
Elephants, leopards and lions in snare nightmare.
Right now, wild animals in the ecologically important Lake Kariba region of Zimbabwe urgently need your help. This is why… An increasing number of wild animals are being caught in deadly snares across the 9,320-square-mile (15,000-square-kilometer) region. Snaring is one of the cruelest methods poachers use to kill wild animals. This lioness was lucky to […]
This infant rhino was orphaned when poachers slaughtered his mother.
Odin, a critically endangered black rhino, was barely two years old when he witnessed his mother being brutally slaughtered by poachers in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. A few months later, fellow black rhino calf Marcules was abandoned by his own mother in the same park. Orphaned and bereft, both calves deteriorated fast. The outlook […]
Meet Renzo, the pangolin stuffed into a backpack and left to die.
Wrapped in wire and stuffed into a backpack, Renzo could barely breathe. He could not uncurl his little body or move even an inch. It is beyond miraculous that this young pangolin survived – saved without a moment to spare from the ghastly illegal wildlife trade in South Africa. Today, Renzo is making a slow recovery in the […]
The tragic elderly elephant forced to work for 60 YEARS.
With her disfigured spine and decades-old scars, Pai Lin’s 60 years of hard labor are etched into every inch of her battered body. Asian elephant Pai Lin, left, has a deformed spine. A fellow WFFT resident, Thung Ngern, right, displays a healthy dome-shaped spine. Spinal deformities in elephants can be caused by malnutrition or heavy […]
This eight-week-old wildebeest orphan really needs you!
When wildebeest calf Wanda was just two months old, she was found lying beside the lifeless, mutilated body of her mother, who was tragically killed by a cruel wire snare in South Africa. Credit: ASI/Taryn-Slabbert Heartbreakingly, orphan Wanda stayed faithfully by her mother’s side for days, repeatedly headbutting her in an attempt to suckle without […]
Wild animals stand no chance against this deadly drought without YOU.
In Botswana, once-majestic wild animals are withering away and dropping dead on parched landscapes – tragic victims of the country’s worst drought in decades. This year, the nation experienced its wet season in 40 years, with less than 20% of its expected rainfall. Deadly conditions were made worse by extreme heat exceeding 99℉ (37℃). For […]
Endangered pangolins need dedicated intensive care unit to survive.
Nigeria is a perilous country that even humans are scared of. Can you imagine just how terrifying it must be for a pangolin? Small, shy, and prized for their body parts, pangolins are deliberately and mercilessly hunted in a country teeming with wildlife criminals, leaving them with few spaces to hide. A dedicated safe space […]
Orphaned elephant calf Phabeni needs special milk formula to survive!
When Phabeni was just four months old, he was spotted wandering alone near the Kruger National Park in South Africa, with his mother and herd nowhere in sight. Credit: HERD Our partner, HERD, raced to his rescue. They found the little calf covered head-to-toe in wounds and showing signs of severe starvation and dehydration. Judging […]
Track pangolins 💪 Stop poachers!
Five critically endangered pangolins, including a tiny baby and a very sick adult, have just been rescued in the nick of time from a horror meat market in Lao, Asia. Pancake the critically endangered pangolin receiving life-saving care at LCTW. Anti-poaching devices will enable our team to apprehend poachers in their tracks. Credit: LCTW The […]
Sick lion cubs are STILL waiting for your help!
Today, Issam and Kelly really need your help. This is their story… Every year, thousands of wild animals are trafficked around the world. The Middle East and North Africa are hotspot transit points for the trade. Animals are bred and sold to zoos or to be “exotic pets” for the rich – sent to unknown […]
Africa’s rhinos are headed for extinction.
Africa’s poaching crisis is spiraling out of control, wiping out rhino populations and other irreplaceable wildlife species across the continent. Shockingly, at least one rhino is killed by poachers EVERY DAY in South Africa alone. As you read this, at least one and often many more magnificent rhino, blissfully unaware of the impending danger, is […]
Urgent help needed to save a young elephant from DEADLY SNARE!
A young elephant in Zimbabwe with a deadly snare wrapped around his head, neck, and left ear needs your help right away. Credit: KAWFT With each passing day, the snare tightens its grip around the animal’s throat – and without our immediate intervention, his life could be cut painfully short. Please help get our emergency […]
Asian wildlife sanctuary forced to SHUT, placing endangered animals in peril.
Bound, butchered for their meat, or forced to live as captive chained “pets.” This is the reality for thousands of wild animals in the Asian country of Laos – and now, you have an opportunity to help rush some to safety. Read on… Wild animals, some just infants, are stolen from the wild and kept […]
Illegal wildlife trade survivors need YOU!
In South Africa, hundreds of thousands of indigenous wild animals are brutally slaughtered each year to feed the insatiable demand for their flesh, fur, teeth and bones. Jackals are a threatened species due to hunting, habitat loss and agriculture. Credit: FreeMe Wildlife Bushbabies, black-backed jackals, servals and caracals are some of the vulnerable species at […]
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