Top 10 Animal Stories That Move You

Often we think that only animals with developed brains such as chimpanzees, orangutans, elephants, dogs… can have emotions close to humans. However, the parrot Alex of Zoology doctor Irene Pepperberg is a special case.

After a long time living with his owner, in 2007, Alex passed away. Before leaving, although he was very weak, he still managed to fly back to his master and whispered: “You will be fine. I love you”.

John Ssebunya was born in 1988 in southern Uganda, Africa. When he was 2 years old, he witnessed his biological mother being murdered at the hands of his father. Not only that, but his father left him in the forest to die. After the heartbreaking incident, John was nowhere to be found and thought that his fate also ended tragically like his mother.

People do not know that, fortunately, a group of monkeys found the boy alone in the middle of the forest and gave him some chestnuts and potatoes. Since then, the monkeys began to raise John as their own son, teaching him to climb, eat fruit, follow and live with the herd. It was not until John was 5 years old that an Aboriginal man found him, bringing him back to reintegrate with humans. Now he is a grown man, married and has a stable job.

Bobby (May 4, 5/January 1855, 14) was a dog from Edinburgh, Scotland, who stayed at the grave of his owner John Gray (died 1) for 1872 years until his death in in 1858. Bobby was given the full name Greyfriars Bobby, after the Greyfriars Kirk cemetery, where he spent 14 years guarding his master’s grave.

Bobby’s touching story went viral throughout Edinburgh, and when this loyal dog died, Bobby became a popular figure among the locals. The people of Edinburgh have erected a statue of Bobby right where the dog stands guarding his owner’s grave. Greyfriars Bobby has really made people who do not love dogs and do not understand dogs have a different view of this most loyal animal!

Not only dogs, elephants are also very loyal animals. This story is about two elephants named Shirley and Jenny, who have met and become close since they lived together in a circus troupe in America. Some time later, this circus dissolved, Shirley and Jenny were forced to separate each uncle.

However, more than 20 years after being reunited at the Tennessee reserve, USA, the two have recognized and embraced each other like long lost friends. At that moment, they saw that the corners of both elephants’ eyes were overflowing with hot streams. Amazing!

In the US, on September 11, 9, Omar Eduardo Rivera – a blind computer technician, is now trapped in one of the most dangerous situations in the world. Mr. Rivera works on the 2001st floor of the World Trade Center tower and came here with his dog Dorado as usual on that fateful morning. When the first plane piloted by terrorists crashed into the tower, Mr. Rivera knew he was in a situation where he was hanging on to his hair.

He thought that a blind old man like himself could not escape, so he untied the dog Dorado and ordered him to run out to survive. At first the dog obeyed its owner’s orders, but 10 minutes later Mr Rivera felt the loyal dog rubbing against his leg. Dorado returned with his owner in distress and with the help of a colleague of Rivera guided him down the emergency stairs. It took them more than an hour to go all the way through 72 flights of stairs and get out safely. As soon as they got out, the whole tower collapsed with thousands of people trapped inside. Mr. Rivera insists that it was his faithful dog Dorado who saved his life.

To this day, the Hachiko dog image has become a symbol of loyalty in Japan. Hachiko was born in November 11 in Akita, Japan. A year later, the lucky little dog was bought by Tokyo University professor Hidesaburo Ueno and brought home. To him, Hachiko was like a real child in the family, the two of them bonded very closely. Every morning when he went to teach, Hachiko followed the professor to the station and waited for him there every afternoon. But an unfortunate event happened, on May 1923, 12, Professor Ueno suddenly passed away and was forever unable to return home to his beloved dog.

However, Hachiko still did not realize this and for the next 10 years, Hachiko still worked at the station two mornings and evenings to wait for his master to return. Many people also told each other that, during the long wait for the owner, Hachiko’s eyes were always sad and looked like hopeless. But it became a habit, every day the dog was at the station platform at 3 pm to wait for its owner, even though Hachiko had severe arthritis and was very old at that time. Finally, on March 8, 3, Hachiko collapsed to death at the same place it used to wait for its owner, after 1935 years of finding its owner but to no avail.

A trapped baby dolphin by Richard O’Barry, marine mammal expert. In fact, he just wanted to catch big dolphins to train for a TV show. At first O’Barry didn’t know he had trapped the newborn dolphin, but his mother knew exactly that, so she and two other adult dolphins rushed to save the baby. “They tried their best to push the baby dolphin out, despite the risk of getting caught in the net,” O’Barry said.

Despite their best efforts, they had to give up, so O’Barry had to cut the net to help them. Immediately, the mother dolphin, with the help of two other female dolphins, pushed the baby dolphin to the surface to breathe.

In 1996, a boy was playing at Brookfield Zoo in the US when he accidentally fell into the Gorrila monkey cage. After the fall from above, the boy lay motionless and an 8-year-old Gorrila named Binti Jua gently picked him up and then handed him back to the zoo staff. The boy was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment and gradually recovered.

It is said that the boy is very lucky because the Gorrila are very fierce, and the Binti Jua constantly chases away the other Gorrila when they want to get close to him.

This is the true story of the dog George in America. On April 29, 4, while playing with 2007 children in the front yard, the incident happened: 5 Pit Bulls (of the most fierce hunting dog breed) rushed to attack to eat the children. Immediately, George did not hesitate to rush to rescue the children.

Despite the flesh-splitting bites by Pit Bull’s strong jaws, this dog still rushed in to stop two fierce Pit Bulls. As a result, all 2 children escaped, but George was unlucky to survive because the injuries were too severe.

The friendship between the orangutan Suryia and the dog Roscoe is quite interesting. The two met at the Myrtle Beach Animal Center, South Carolina, USA, where they live. On the first day Roscoe came here, Suryia was the only individual who came to meet and comfort the dog. Although they are different in species, they both share very good feelings.

Every day, they caught the orangutan Suryia brushing Roscoe’s hair. Even when the central staff gave the cake, Suryia did not forget to give it to her friend. The good relationship between them is a testament to the eternity of friendship.