What an incredibly heartwarming story…

[twinsrwe]

I stumbled across the following article, while doing some research. I just had to share this.

Warning: Images may be disturbing to some

http://tinyurl.com/p7fpupz

[Constantine]

This reminds me of an "oldy-but-goody": (Though the article says the photo does not go with the story, it DOES say that the story is true.)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/whalethanks.asp

[twinsrwe]

The story I posted reminds me of Capitan, a German shepherd, who stood guard over his deceased owner’s grave for six years.

http://tinyurl.com/o4tvhua and http://tinyurl.com/9nczw5m

I know animals mourn the deaths of their own species, and dogs and cats will mourn over the death of a human being whom they love. The thing I found very usual was that these dogs were mourning over the death of a completely different species than their own.