Volunteers from Jaguar Rescue Center in Costa Rica played recordings of displaced baby's cries over handheld speaker to locate brown-throated three-toed sloth mother. The infant was returned to its mother in a moving video. Via: National Geographic
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Via Oregon Zoo
In Borneo, many young orangutans are orphaned due to poaching and habitat loss. The babies who still have a chance at returning to the wild need to learn the survival skills their mothers would have taught them. The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation(BOSF) rescues and rehabilitates these orangutans through a program called Forest School. Oregon Zoo primate keeper Cydney Sines and some colleagues traveled to Borneo to help train these Forest School students. Using positive reinforcement techniques, they were able to encourage the young orangutans to learn the skills they'll need to survive in the wild.
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Meet the man who has been working nonstop to help rescue hundreds of the Flamingo chicks known as 'Lesser Flamingos.' Thousands of baby flamingos are being born all across South Africa and in danger of dying of thirst due to the drought and dam near Kimberley drying out. Mike Bolhuis, bird lover and private investigator, heard about this issue and decided to set up. He helped organize 900 of the birds to be airlifted 325 miles away from the dam to Pretoria, where he is currently housing them on his farm. He is now in need of some volunteers to come to help out with these adorable baby flamingos. Read the full story at NPR.
A wildlife rehabber that volunteers with an organization called Nature Nurses, that is based out of Cincinnati, OH, decided to graciously post on Imgur an adorable and short update of 4 baby raccoons that were found and being taken care for at Nature Nurses.
As you will soon see for yourself, baby hippopotamuses all have one thing in common - being so insanely cute that they will make you want to buy a pool so you can adopt one of your very own.
These babies love to drink from the bottle!
We all find it super cute when human babies yawn... just imagine baby animals yawning for the first time!
Meet Alby, the first ever albino Green turtle we have come across in our 9 years of turtle monitoring. Alby was born at...
Posted by Coolum District Coast Care Group on Sunday, February 7, 2016
