Best friends: donkey helps blind horse "see"

What a lovely story about friendship.

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Comment by Marilyn Mell on November 1, 2010 at 4:34pm: FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT MAKES THE WORLD AROUND US, WORK!

Comment by Lyn Pollard on November 1, 2010 at 3:55pm: For several years now I have had a blind female raccoon coming to the house. It started when I took over a feral colony of cats, with which the young raccoon had joined forces. We fed her along with the cats primarily because 1) she was with them, and 2) she was a baby on her own. Then we noticed her sight had gone either by having been torn or from infection, and it was too late to save it. Eventually she became a mother and each successive year she brings the kits up onto the deck to be introduced and fed, It thrills me that all the raccoons and the cats have never gotten into fights (in spite of all the horrible tales of coons in the city), and seem to sense when one of them needs help. I have seen the larger "male" cat stand between a new cat to the area in order to keep it away from Momma until it understands the rules. I have also seen Momma nip her little ones if they growl and head to one of our cats. They soon learn "the rules"
PS. As soon as the babies are out on their own they scatter and are more than capable of looking after themselves. After mating season is over, only Momma keeps returning...

Comment by Gabrielle Roy on November 1, 2010 at 3:12pm: They are so cute and its so nice to see how the donkey takes care of the horse.

Comment by Gloria Picchetti on November 1, 2010 at 12:58pm: Blind animals frequently have companion animals. I always love their stories. What a pair of beauties. I hope they always have each other.

Comment by Marcia Brunning on November 1, 2010 at 12:00pm: Did they find a good for the two of them?

Comment by Linda McDowell on November 1, 2010 at 10:37am: What a great story!

Comment by Sarah Krieger on November 1, 2010 at 9:52am: Animals can be our greatest role models!

Comment by Ranna on October 30, 2010 at 5:20am: OMG I can cry looking at things like this.
We have got a lot to learn from our animal friends.

Thank you for sharing this!

Comment by Debra McDaid on October 29, 2010 at 1:31pm: Hi

This happens over and over, animals lending their help to one another. In big ways and small.