Whenever Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and brought serious rain with it, the Cajun Navy didn't wait for people to ask for help, they just went. They brought anything and everything with them that would help them reach and help those who needed it most. Airboats, duck boat, skiffs and kayaks followed ...

Even though the captain of the Grayling had already found his way to safety after his boat capsized, he wasn't going to sit idly by while others rescued his crew and not lend a hand himself. So he decided to jump back into the 47-degree water without hesitation to bring them in. ...

The Sri Lanka navy responded to a bizarre situation after a patrol boat spotted drowning elephant that had become stranded in the ocean. This definitely wasn't their typical all for help, but they responded immediately. A strong current had ended up dragging the elephant out nearly 10 miles off ...

After noticing a drowning deer, a dog in Long Island, New York jumped in after the animal to bring it back to shore. “Storm just plunged into the water and started swimming out to the fawn, grabbed it by the neck, and started swimming to shore,” the dog’s owner, Mark Freeley, said. Once Storm ...

It turns out that you can save a drowning osprey but that doesn't mean it's going to go out of its way to say thank you. This mother and her family were out for a day on the water when they came across an osprey that was clearly in distress in the middle of the water. After trolling up to it she ...

We can't say for sure if these guys are more crazy or compassionate, but we do know these two deer were lucky they came along and risked their own safety to help free them from themselves and the barbed wire they got stuck in. Coming across a pair of locked bucks is a dangerous enough situation ...

Two adult elephants wasted no time in rushing to the aid of a calf after it fell into a pool. The rescue occurred at Grand Park Zoo in Seoul, South Korea. The calf was likely never in any real danger since elephants stick their trunk up to breath, but elephants share an incredibly close bond so ...

After stumbling into a canal and getting trapped int the water, a young kangaroo found help from a surprising source - a guy on a blue and yellow kayak. After noticing the struggling animal, some rescuers made use of the kayak to help him float his way to safety before a quickly rising tide put ...

A kayaker had an extremely close call during a day out on the water in Monterey Bay. At some point, the kayaker encountered a shark that turned over their kayak and proceeded to thrash about and push the boat around and the kayaker swam off. A couple managed to capture footage after they had ...

What would you do if you found a dead shark on the beach? You'd probably check it out, take pictures and maybe even a video. Chances are you wouldn't get down on your hands and knees and start cutting it open. That's exactly what one man did after he and some friends found a dead shark on a Cape ...

Apparently it's pretty common for horses to have their front or hind legs bound together by chains in Romania. The practice is implemented so they can't run away. A vet names Ovidiu discovered a chained horse and knew he had to free it. After tranquilizing the horse, he's able to get close enough ...

Despite facing criticism and the potential to have been fined up to $6,000 and face a year in jail, photographer Corey Hancock doesn't regret his choice to save an abandoned bear cub that was barely alive when he found it while hiking in Oregon. He even says he would do it again, stating, "I didn't ...

When a 16 year old needed immediate medical attention on the training ship "Christian Radich," the ships captain called for a medevac. The helicopter arrived to the ship to 40mph winds and incredibly rough seas. The fact that the ship had three masts only made matters more difficult, but the guys ...

Things look a little hairy for Brazilian surfer Pedro Viana and his attempting rescuer, Lucas Chianca, after he wiped out while trying to rescue the surfer. After Chianca picked Viana up on a jet ski, it looked like they were home free until they hit some rough water and capsized. They were in a ...