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Rescues

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Spanish Battery, England

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

Bunnies at the dump site back in January.

Las Vegas Bunny-Lovers Are Mobilizing to Save Their Feral Friends

Dozens of "dump site rabbits" were recently killed, but local groups have been rescuing the rest.

Cara Giaimo February 21, 2018

An avian resident.

Del Mar, California

Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Heather Bolint and Mason.

Rescuing a Fancy Chicken on the Appalachian Trail

Heather Bolint was halfway through her thru-hike when she came across a misplaced rooster.

Cara Giaimo October 19, 2017

This Pigeon Was in Danger, So a Woman Called Him a Cab

"They asked 'how many passengers,' and I said 'none, just one pigeon.'"

Cara Giaimo October 11, 2017

A Douglas B-23 Dragon Bomber.

B-23 'Dragon Bomber' Wreckage

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

A lion at The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg, Colorado.

Keenesburg, Colorado

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

King enjoying a cat nap

Center Point, Indiana

Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

Seneca Falls, New York

Bridge Street Bridge

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

A man, a dog, and an inadequate vessel.

A Man and His Dog Were Rescued From a Duct-Taped Boat

Don't try this at home.

Erik Shilling June 9, 2017

How to Rescue a Stuck Beaver

It takes soap and persistence.

Cara Giaimo April 27, 2017

Humans Teamed Up to Rescue Elephants From a Large Hole

The animals were trapped in a very muddy bomb crater.

Cara Giaimo April 3, 2017

Wreckage of the SS Valencia along the shore of Pachena Bay.

Pachena Beach, British Columbia

Wreck of the SS Valencia

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

Dogs on a hike.

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Territorio de Zaguates (Land of Strays)

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

A team of experts has set out to rescue the stranded elephant.

Rescue Underway After Elephant Is Stuck in a Swamp for a Month

India and Bangladesh are teaming up to save it.

Cara Giaimo August 4, 2016

Cupcake and her rescuers.

Watch Colorado Firefighters Make a Complex Horse Rescue

It took two hours to get Cupcake out of the mud.

Cara Giaimo July 29, 2016

The Rare, Dangerous Mission to Rescue Workers at the South Pole

Flights to the end of the world.

Erik Shilling June 17, 2016

Firefighters successfully rescue a horse mannequin from the mud.

Firefighters Yank Fake Horse Out Of The Mud

A primer on rescuing livestock ahead of monsoon season.

Cara Giaimo April 22, 2016