Wildlife Rescue & Rehab

Sri Lankan rehabilitation-reintroduction program cares for orphaned elephants at Udawalewe National Park, where they are released to become part of the wild population.

Sep 8, 2008 - Dawn M. Smith

Rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of lesser apes in Borneo and Sumatra raises awareness of illegal trade and habitat issues that threaten Indonesia's lesser apes.

Aug 22, 2008 - Dawn M. Smith

Nearly all one-horned rhinos in Manas National Park lost to poaching. Rehabilitated animals from healthy population being moved in hopes of restoring species to the area.

Feb 29, 2008 - Dawn M. Smith

Remote video camera captures first footage of birth of Mediterranean monk seal pup. Knowledge from this pup helps with care of youngest seal ever rehabilitated in Greece.

Jan 9, 2008 - Dawn M. Smith

Wildlife rehabilitation is the care of sick, injured or orphaned animals for return to the wild. Wildlife conservation can be aided by appropriate rehabilitation programs

Dec 27, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

Migrating penguins are routinely oiled by spills and illegal ballast dumping. The Magellanic Penguin Project and The Penguin Network are working together to protect them.

Oct 22, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

Fishermen help endangered North Atlantic right and finback whales which get enmeshed in fishing gear off of Campobello Island. Minke and humpbacks have also been rescued.

Oct 11, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

The Georgia Aquarium has sent a 2-year-old loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) back to the island where she was originally found as a hatchling for release to wild

Sep 24, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

Health concerns often keep confiscated animals from going back to the wild. Star tortoises seized from illicit trade were returned to their natural environment in India.

Sep 20, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

Dancing bears turned in by Kalandar tribespeople now in rehabilitation for return to the wild. Wildlife organizations provide alternative job training for former owners.

Aug 16, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

While bear attacks on humans draw much more media interest, the damage done to bears by humans is being recognized and bear rehabilitation is becoming more common.

Jul 31, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

A wildlife rehabilitation facility in Java will release 17 young pandemelons, whose parents were rescued from illegal trade, into rainforest on Papua Island.

Jun 5, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

In a repeat of the wanderings of Humphrey, two humpback whales are travelling the wrong way. What brings them in? Are bridges a part of the problem of getting them out?

May 18, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith