24 Animal Stories That Will Hit You Right In the Feels
24 Powerful stories that show how much animals experience emotion.
Published 10 years ago
A collection of incredibly powerful stories that show how much animals experience emotion.
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Caught in a housefire, this mother and her pups were saved by this wonderful firefighter. A photographer spotted the firefighter resting after his last trip inside the burning house, while the mother dog approached him. The photographer picked up their camera just in time to capture this beautiful shot.5
Coaley the Great Dane helps raise baby chimpanzees. Molly Badham and Nathan Evans founded a sanctuary for monkeys. It is now one of the largest areas dedicated to primates in the world. They've gotten help caring for the primates from a unexpected breed...Great Danes! They have proved to be gentle giants that are wonderful caregivers for orphaned monkeys.9
Every year, Gandolf the owl would lay an egg and wait for it to hatch, but it never would. One day, she was given a goose egg, and it was a perfect match. Most owls would immediately kill any newborn that did not look, smell, or feel like their own species, but Gandolf did not. She cared for the baby goose as if it was her own.18
These children were playing with George, a Jack Russell Terrier, when Pit Bulls attacked. He tried to protect the kids by barking and rushing at the other dogs, but they started biting him on the head and back. His intervention is what saved the children, though he later died due to his injuries. He was posthumously awarded a medal for his bravery.21
When author and legendary conservationist Lawrence Anthony died, these South African elephants marched for 2 hours through the Zululand bush until they reached his house. These elephants had been saved by Anthony years ago, after they were deemed violent and sentenced to death. Anthony rehabilitated the animals and gave them a chance at a better life.24
Roscoe the orangutan was heartbroken by the loss of his parents. So heartbroken he stopped eating and stop responding to medical treatment...During that same span, an older sickly dog was found in the zoo and brought to their animal treatment center. The two met and have been together ever since!