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According to David Ramirez of the Liberty Humane Society, the pair were spotted traipsing about Jersey City’s Liberty State Park a few days before the storm hit.  When animal control officers attempted to capture them, the black dog allegedly lunged, and the officer shot him in self-defense.

He was not critically injured, and the dogs bolted.  Animal control set up a live trap, and days later, as the area was battered by wind and heavy snowfall, the boys were caught.

“I absolutely believe the two truly needed each other to survive at the time,” Ramirez told ABC News. “With one having been hurt and bleeding and then with the blizzard coming down, there was definitely a time crunch to capture them and get them to medical care.”

The black dog was taken in for surgery, and it was determined that the bullet had exited his neck and didn’t cause any major damage.  They were then put in the care of Liberty Humane Society.  Staff called the black dog Braveheart for his steel nerve, and the brindle dog was called Faithful for the allegiance he showed to his friend.

Workers believe they have such a good rapport because they may be littermates.

“While Braveheart was away, we had a miserable Faithful on our hands,” Ramirez explained. “He was crying relentlessly for Braveheart, and it was immediately obvious how bonded together they were.”

Last week they were reunited, and “everyone could sense their relief when they finally saw each other again.”

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“They’re very well trained,” Ramirez noted. “They knew a lot of commands like sit, stay, down and roll over, so we’re thinking they may have come from the same home. Neither were microchipped.”

The shelter is hoping someone will step up to give them a home together, as it’s obvious that separating them would break their hearts.

“It’s really hard to imagine them without each other at this point, especially after all they have been through,” Ramirez concluded.

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The two met while they were both at the Garland Animal Shelter in Texas. 

Staff there saw the two bond almost immediately, and was worried that they wouldn’t be able to leave the shelter together. 

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Ellie had no family and to make matters worse, he was also fighting an umbilical chord infection. Rescuers from South Africa’s Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage tried nursing the elephant back to health, and even though they succeeded in meeting the elephant’s nutritional needs, his emotional state deteriorated with each passing day.

The orphaned elephant longed for a herd, a friend, someone he could make a strong connection with, and that someone was Duma.

As soon as Ellie met Duma, the baby elephant’s life change. Now Ellie is happy, plays, runs and shows that he has something to look forward too each day – his best friend Duma, the dog.

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In western Massachusetts, police are calling a dog a “real-life Lassie.”  Almost out of nowhere, a random dog approached an officer, barking his little head off and making quite a commotion.  His friend was trapped and needing rescue, and if he hadn’t gone for help, the story might have been quite different.

The little dog lead the officer to a very icy, 30-foot deep embankment.  That’s when the officers discovered the dog’s canine friend stuck at the bottom, and tangled up in the undergrowth.

The officers called in the fire department.  They brought a large ladder truck to easily access the dog stuck below, and make sure he was rescued.  After pulling the dog out, they took him to a local vet for a medical evaluation.

Although the dog was very scared, and did have some scrapes and bumps from the fall and subsequent tumble in the underbrush, he was otherwise in good health.  The family that the dogs belong to were then contacted, and a happy family was once again made whole.

The family said that the dogs had run off together hours earlier.  Their human mother unfortunately had a medical emergency, and while emergency services were taking her out of the house and to the hospital, the dogs bolted.  Police officers that showed up to the home tried to corral the dogs, but ultimately failed, and the dogs got away.  No further information on the condition of their human mom had been issued at the time this article was written.

In a press release, the police department that helped rescue the dogs said, “Apparently, any dog in the right circumstances can turn into Lassie.”

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Rose Kemp lives in Nassau, Bahamas, with her rescue dogs. One day, a baby raccoon fell out of a tree in her garden and broke a leg and Kemp didn’t hesitate to help. The rescue woman wanted to look after the little mammal until the baby’s mom returned to the nest, however, the mother raccoon never got back and Pumpkin the raccoon became an orphan. Knowing the injured raccoon couldn’t fend for herself out in the yard, Kemp decided to adopt the raccoon into her pack.

Well, Pumpkin adapted very well to a life as an indoor pet. So much that she thinks she is a dog and follows Kemp and her two rescue dogs everywhere they go.

“She instantly bonded with us and our two rescue dogs,” Kemp told The Dodo. “She now thinks she is a dog. She is able to play and be rough with [Toffee and Oreo] and she respects them when they have had enough.”

The adventures of Pumpkin are documented on Instagram. Follow Pumpkin on Instagram and see more adorable pictures of the three “dogs.” Sorry, two dogs and a raccoon.

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This emu looks to be very excited to be making a new friend.  Check out the dance moves on him.  That is one excited bird.

He seems to be almost waiting for the dog to come into the room and play.  As soon as the emu sees his buddy, he runs right over to him, and rolls over onto his back.

The emu may be repeating a behavior he’s seen the dog do.  It’s common that a dog will rollover when meeting another dog, to establish a bit of a “pecking Order” if you will.

The happy little bird hops from one leg to another, and dances in circles.  He’s doing about everything he can do to attract the dog into playing. At first, the dog seemed very unsure of his new buddy, but the humans in the family say that they get along famously now, and are the best of friends.

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