Animal Rescue Adventures

A name like Rougarou Charlie sounds like a swamp legend, but what follows is a true wolf dog rescue story about fear, survival, and the slow work of learning to feel safe. Charlie comes from Louisiana after living with an abusive owner, and when she finally reaches people who will protect her, we see what trauma looks like in an animal who has learned that the world hurts.  We also step back into...

A beaver named Justin Beaver sounds like a joke until you hear what his life teaches about wildlife rescue, animal behavior, and the thin line between helping and harming. We’re sharing the true story of JB, an orphaned beaver kit who loses his mom at just eight weeks old and ends up in human care at Second Chances Wildlife Center. From the first moment he’s held cold and frightened, his path is s...

A wild red fox can hear a mouse moving under two feet of snow, scream in the night like something out of a scary movie, and leap headfirst into a drift to catch dinner. But Finnegan’s most unforgettable sound isn’t a scream, it’s a laugh. And that laugh almost didn’t get the chance to exist.  We tell the true rescue story of Finnegan, a fox born on a fur farm and raised in a small cage, where life...

Two black bear cubs are alone in the California wilderness, getting weaker by the day, with no sign of their mom. That is where Honey and Marshall’s story begins, and it turns into a real-world look at how wildlife rescue works when the goal is not just survival, but a true return to the wild. We walk through the moment the California Department of Fish and Wildlife calls in help, and how Gold Cou...

A newborn giraffe drops about six feet at birth and is expected to stand, walk, and start keeping up with the herd almost immediately. Penny couldn’t. She was the 200th giraffe born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and within days her story shifted from celebration to emergency as she struggled to stand, couldn’t nurse from her mother Mizuki, and needed round-the-clock help just to stay in the fight. We...

Se supone que un tigre debe ser sinónimo de fortaleza. Por eso, cuando encuentran a Aria pesando menos de 200 libras (unos 90 kg), la noticia suena como una alarma de advertencia. Seguimos su trayectoria desde un patio trasero en Carolina del Sur hasta el santuario de Carolina Tiger Rescue en Carolina del Norte; allí, una planificación minuciosa, voces serenas y una atención veterinaria experta ma...

A tiger is supposed to look like strength. So when Aria is found weighing less than 200 pounds, it lands like a warning siren. We follow her path from a backyard in South Carolina to Carolina Tiger Rescue’s sanctuary in North Carolina, where careful planning, calm voices, and expert veterinary care make the difference between survival and collapse. Along the way, we pause to appreciate what a tige...

Have you ever walked into a place and instantly felt, “I don’t belong here”? That’s where Simba the lion lived for years and his rescue story makes that feeling impossible to ignore. We follow Simba from a roadside zoo cage with a concrete floor to a true sanctuary habitat where the ground is grass, the air is open, and a horizon finally exists. Along the way, we share the kind of lion facts that...

¿Alguna vez has entrado en un lugar y has sentido al instante: «No pertenezco a este sitio»? Ahí es donde vivió Simba, el león, durante años, y su historia de rescate hace que esa sensación sea imposible de ignorar. Acompañamos a Simba desde la jaula de un zoológico de carretera con suelo de hormigón hasta un verdadero santuario, un hábitat con hierba, aire libre y un horizonte visible por fin. Po...

Sea otters look like they’re just being sweet when they hold hands while they sleep, but there’s a survival reason behind it. We start with the true story of otter “rafts” floating together on their backs, reaching out paw to paw so ocean currents don’t pull them apart. Then we follow one pup who began life with no one to hold onto: PUP 719, found stranded alone on a California beach with almost n...

A mother manatee is found floating injured in a Florida lagoon and her baby will not leave her side. That is where the story of Reckless and her calf, Churro, begins and it turns into a powerful look at what wildlife rescue really takes when the patient weighs about 1,200 pounds and needs urgent care now.  We talk through why manatees, often called sea cows, are so gentle and so vulnerable: they m...

Sea turtles have been around since before the time of dinosaurs! Now they often become injured by eating plastic bags (thinking that it's jellyfish!) That is exactly what happened to Marina! Listen here to learn about how amazing sea turtles are and how the team at the South Carolina Aquarium tried to help Marina. 

Find out what happens to Sunny, the bottlenose dolphin, who is found trapped in a net! Listen to Sunny the Dolphin's amazing rescue story with the Clearwater Aquarium rescue team and learn all about dolphins!  We are changing up our schedule, and now a new episode will be released every Wednesday! Write in to request a rescue story about your favorite animal species! Visit our website to chec...

Today we’re visiting a very special wolf named Sierra at the Wolf Haven International in Washington . Come learn more about wolves, what makes them special, Sierra's rescue story, and what you can to do help keep wolves safe. Let’s promise to do our part to protect animals and our planet because here at Animal Rescue Adventures…every animal matters, and every explorer helps.

Hoy conoceremos a Lila, una lechuza del Santuario de Vida Silvestre McCarthy en Florida. Ven a descubrir lo fascinantes que son las lechuzas y a escuchar la historia del rescate de Lila. Prometamos hacer nuestra parte para proteger a los animales y a nuestro planeta. Porque aquí, en Animal Rescue Adventures... cada animal importa y cada explorador ayuda.

Today we’re visiting a very special whale named Skoot at the Whale Sanctuary Project in Canada. Learn all about whales, what makes them unique, how Skoot was rescued, and what you can do at home to help protect whales. 

Hoy visitamos a una tortuga marina llamada Tate en el centro de rescate Loggerhead Marinelife, en Florida. Descubramos datos fascinantes sobre las tortugas marinas, escuchemos la historia del rescate de Tate y veamos si puede ser devuelto al océano, su hábitat natural. Prometamos hacer nuestra parte para proteger a los animales y a nuestro planeta. Porque aquí, en Animal Rescue Adventures... cada...

En este episodio, visitamos el Clearwater Marine Aquarium en Clearwater, Florida, para conocer a Nicholas, el delfín rescatado. Descubre más sobre los delfines, qué los hace especiales, la historia del rescate de Nicholas y qué puedes hacer tú para ayudar a protegerlos. Prometamos hacer nuestra parte para proteger a los animales y a nuestro planeta, porque aquí, en Animal Rescue Adventures... cada...

This is the Animal Rescue Adventures podcast companion episode for Sea Turtles. Go behind those waves to learn about the oldest creature on the planet, Marina's rescue story that started and ended with humans, and how we can help endangered turtle species like Marina. This episode is great to complete with the journal or on it's own. 

Come listen to the audio companion episode of your journal and learn all about Penguins! Penguins are awesome - and so is Patience, who led the group at the Aquarium when a hurricane hit and they had to fly on a jet across the country twice! Learn cool facts about penguins and hear Patience's very exciting journey that ends with a jazz band performance! 

Dogs are truly our best friends! Come learn facts about dogs that you've never known! Hear Biscuit's story about how someone rescued him and how you can save dogs like Biscuit, too! This is the podcast companion to the journal, but you can listen to it standalone. 

This is the audio companion to the Animal Rescue Adventures Journal. If you would like to purchase the journal first, you can purchase it here: Coming Soon. You can listen to the episode alone, too!  We take a trip to the ocean to meet Sunny, a bottlenose dolphin, and learn the real science-y wonders that make dolphins so special. Then we follow Sunny’s rescue from a fishing net to healing care an...

Come with us to learn about a very special chimpanzee named Henry at Chimp Haven in Louisiana. Hear about what makes chimpanzees so special, hear Henry's rescue story, and learn how to help chimps from your own home!

Today we’re visiting a very special animal named Fork Shoals at The Magnolia Fawn Rescue in South Carolina. Come learn about how special deer are, what makes them a unique species, the rescue story of Fork Shoals, and how you can help protect deer! Let’s promise to do our part to protect animals and our planet Because here at Animal Rescue Adventures …every animal matters, and every explorer helps...