Rescue...Rehabilitation...Release! Thank goodness the world is full of these wonderful stories! It renews our faith in mankind and assures us that there are people who truly care and want to make a difference. The following links are short video stories that will make you smile...you will feel your heart being warmed with the love and kindness of the many people involved in these rescues. I hope that you will add more stories to this.....they are enlightening and wonderful to share!

Cat saves baby squirrels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepWPMjHO3U&mode=related&search

Turtle release
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIbVjfwPcN0

Penguins going home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spQ3BanTEz8

Baby horned owl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCa9hMk9MNU

Orphaned sea otter pup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDS_kLj9v5Q

Baby rhino needs help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7-59PuuRmY&mode=related&search


Baby starling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnJXVACNQkI

Fire Brigade rescues dog from frozen pond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auw5qr2c38w

100 horses standing on small patch of land rescued from flood. Awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfidmdBjbYw&mode=related&search

Whale rescue with an extra special ending!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1I7hJ2rBM

Thank you for these links Catbus - they are awesome. There are alot of unsung heroe's out there who put their life on the line each day to rescue animals from cruelty. This is a link to the British charity RSPCA.

http://www.rspca.org.uk/

http://www.hantsfire.gov.uk/stories.htm?newsid=32183

Link to a lovely story of a cat rescue from Hampshire Fire Brigade

All around the world there are so many wonderful people doing wonderful thins for both domestic and wild animals. Long may they continue to do this.

Here are a few links to some wonderful site I have visited recently.

At the top it has to be from Australia
http://www.wildlifewarriors.org.au/

The Cats of Cyprus
http://www.malcolmcat.org/

The Brook Hospital for Animals
http://www.thebrooke.org/

Born Free Foundation
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/

ILPH
http://www.ilph.org/

Monkey World
http://www.monkeyworld.org/

There are so many good sites out there, please post the links to them so that we can all share the passion that Steve had for all creatures great and small. I know the list is endless.

Thanks Alison for sharing these links. There are some great videos too that give more information on just what people around the world are doing. I know we hear so many negative things in this world...and we know it exists...it is so heartwarming to see that people do care and are doing something to make this world a better place.

This link is to the South Carolina Aquarium and is located where I live (actually 5 minutes from where I work.) They have a great turtle resuce program and turtle hospital.
http://www.scaquarium.org/seaturtle/default.html

A little more info...
The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, has a wonderful Sea Turtle Program. Turtles are rescued...cared for...and released back to the ocean. Some of them are being satellite tracked to obtain further knowledge! We even have a mandatory "lights out."

"Lights out for Turtles!"
Artificial lights affect the nesting and hatching of sea turtles. Brightly lit beaches are a deterrent to nesting females and a deathtrap for hatchlings. Instead of being attracted by the natural light of the moon and starlight on the surf, hatchlings move toward the brighter beams of streetlights, porch & deck lights, floodlights, interior lights, car headlights, flashlights, etc. They fail to find their way to the ocean quickly and become the victims of ghost crabs and gulls, or die from dehydration in the morning sun. Dark beaches are critical to sea turtle survival. Help educate others about the importance of "lights out for sea turtles!"

The turtle rescue program also involves the children. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a firm believer in getting our children involved. The more they learn...the more they care...and the more they want to do! All this totals to be a better opportunity for our world to be as it should be. Children learn what they live...and they are our future.

It is great to know that even right here where I live, so much is being done to protect these turtles...everything we do matters. Together we can save our planet and all with whom we share this world. Isn't that they way it is supposed to be?

An animal rescue center in Cambodia assists victims of the black market wildlife trade. CNN's Anderson Cooper and Jeff Corwin gives us this report.
You will even see in the video that a tiger and elephant both have their say as well!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2007/07/06/cooper.animal.rescue.cnn

Rescue-Rehab-Release-Bat Santuary!
Lifetime sanctuary is given to non-releasable bats, including those that are orphaned, injured, confiscated from the illegal pet trade and retired from zoos and research facilities.

This is interesting!
http://www.batworld.org/main/main.html

Look at the little beauties!
http://www.batworld.org/main/photoinfo.html

Be sure to check out all the links to the left as well!

Great link Catbus - love those bats.

Wildlife Rehab

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/

Speaking of bats....they are good to have around a horse barn there are so many parasites that a bat can clean them out in just one night!

Found this lovely story about a donkey trapped in a well.

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1422649.html

G'day Alison! Nice to see you here! You are right! This is a lovely story!...Amos the Donkey!
"Whatever it takes,'' Bryan Nelson said as he watched his well come down. "I love animals and I'm just glad it's OK.''

His "father" sounds like such the parent....happy to see him..gave him a bubble bath..then a bit of a scolding for leaving! I would imagine a hug was included!

Isn't it wonderful that people do care?

Here is a story about Snowball! It is pretty emotional...you genuinely know when people really care! A great rescue story!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/13/pkg.family.deer.kgw.kgw

It is such a lovely story, so nice to read this after what has been happening in my area this week.

This manatee took a long swim!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2007/09/14/petram...tee.release.baynews9

Scroll down and you will see some more Amazing Animal rescues

http://www.co.hanover.va.us/anmlctrl/rescues.htm#Eagle

That manatee is amazing - they are such amazing creatures.

Sweet baby otter is rescued.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1279884,.html

About rescues...yesterday while sitting in the vet waiting for Beaux to be seen I noticed any ederly gentlemen crying. I asked the girls who all know me if I could help. Long story short he had 2 Westies 2 Scotties he had just lost his wife to cancer and now his house. He found homes for the Westies but was at the vet to turn the Scotties over to the vet. The Scotty people cam eot get them...they have been litter mates. Very sad..but thank goodness the Scooty pepe were there.

That is sad - I do feel sorry for the old people who have to give up their animals. At work we had an old boy who worked in our post room, he eventually retired at 80 years old. He was and is still amazing as he pops into see us from time to time- he was a prisoner of war. Just before he retired his wife died, but the one thing that kept him going was his wife's little Westie. We owe an awful lot to our animals.

My father-in-law lives for his dog, she has the best of everything..He will be 80 next year, I dread to think what will happen when she has gone...He is too old to have another puppy so we just hope his little dog lasts a few more years...She is a yorkie terrier cross, really cute...

CRIKEY CROCS RULE!!