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One Indian elephant living on the island of Sri Lanka somehow found its way into a canal on Tuesday and was quickly swept up by the strong current. The steep cement banks of the canal made it impossible for the elephant to climb up over the side. A group of rescuers joined workers from Sri Lanka's Department of Willdlife Conservation to help the trapped elephant escape from the Aluthwewa Z-D main canal. Rescuers used branches, ropes, and harmless but frightening blank shots from rifles to guide the elephant to a bank of the canal where they placed wooden trunk-holds for the elephant to grab onto to pull herself up.
Beachgoers soaking up the sun near the Spanish village of Puerto de Santa Maria were surprised to find a beached dolphin wash up on their shore and joined forces to help the stranded animal find his way to to the deep blue sea on Saturday. The struggling animal had fishing thread trapped in its mouth, which the swimmers managed to cut free with a knife, releasing the dolphin from his plight.
One brave feline decided to risk one of her nine lives when she confronted a snake in her owner's backyard in Russia's Leningradskaya oblast. Throwing caution to the wind, the animal attempted to pin down the unwelcome visitor, forcing the snake to retreat down a crack in the garden. After the snake made a hasty retreat, the cat calmly returned to her everyday activities.
A rare female newborn blue-eyed black lemur, Ikopa, was moved to the La Palmyre Zoo nursery in Les Mathes, France to receive special care due to her fragility and low weight. Born on April 9, Ikopa continues to receive special care from her keepers, who feel her milk every two hours, as well as bits of fruits and vegetables. While Ikopa musters up enough strength to leave her incubators, her parents and older brother can maintain visual contact with her from their adjacent cage. Blue-eyed black lemurs, like all true lemurs can only be found on the African island nation of Madagascar and their numbers have drastically fallen. These primates are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as "critically endangered" because humans have cut down nearly all the forest areas which these animals call home to clear land for farming. It is believed that as few as 1,000 blue-eyed black lemurs remain in the wild.
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