Farmer is rescued after falling into a 60ft deep SINKHOLE while riding his quad bike near abandoned iron ore mines in Lake District Farmer was riding across field in Stank, south Cumbria when sinkhole appeared Emergency services arrived to find him 60ft below ground still on his quadbike He was pulled to safety by fire … Read more
Rescued five-year-old orangutan Kukur learns to climb again after developing fear of heights while kept locked up as family pet Kukur the five-year-old orangutan was rescued from a hut in west Borneo He was kept as a pet and tied up by his owner with a rope around his neck Carers say life in captivity … Read more
The record cold and snow in Texas didn’t just catch the state’s human inhabitants off-guard, it threatened its endangered sea turtle population. Volunteers rescued thousands of the endangered amphibians across the Gulf region last week that were effectively paralyzed by the freezing temperatures, preventing them from eating or keeping their heads above water. Wildlife officials … Read more
In a degrading spectacle put on for tourists, Nenuah the orangutan was one of many apes who, 16 years ago, was forced put on boxing gloves and fight each other. But this weekend she was released into the wild as one of ten of the endangered great apes being allowed their freedom in the forests of Borneo. … Read more
In a degrading spectacle put on for tourists, Nenuah the orangutan was one of many apes who, 16 years ago, was forced put on boxing gloves and fight each other. But this weekend she was released into the wild as one of ten of the endangered great apes being allowed their freedom in the forests of Borneo. … Read more
Couple who rescued Labrador called Neesha from freezing mountain top after she was lost for two weeks are reported to the POLICE for ‘breaching lockdown rules’ Ciara Nolan and Jean-Francois Bonnet rescued eight-year-old Neesha the dog Neesha had been missing for two weeks and was found near Wicklow Mountains Member of the public reported couple … Read more
A Jamaican national has been rescued in the waters off Florida after 36 hours clinging to a boat that capsized as he tried to enter the U.S. from the Bahamas, while six of his compatriots are missing and presumed dead. Captain Chase Cornell, a charter fishing skipper out of Fort Pierce, spotted the man on … Read more
Three migrants are rescued from inside refrigerated lorry from France after calling police at service station to tell them they were suffocating Cambridgeshire Police were alerted when someone inside called to raise alarm The vehicle, believed to be from France, was tracked to Brampton Hut services Three men found inside were found safe and uninjured as … Read more
Two drug smugglers who tried to cross the North Sea from Holland on a jet ski with £200,000 of cocaine, before running out of fuel and having to be rescued by a helicopter, have been jailed for a total of 14 years. Steven Brogan, 36, and Anthony Reilly, 34, both of Skelmersdale in Lancashire, took the … Read more
Shipwrecked! Two men and a woman who were stranded on a deserted island in the Bahamas for 33 DAYS after their boat capsized are finally rescued by Coast Guard and say they survived on COCONUTS A US Coast Guard helicopter crew conducted the rescue on Tuesday in Anguilla Cay, an uninhabited Bahamian island between Cuba and … Read more