This Pirates and Patriots Award is to Our Animal Friends, who offer us love, affection, care, and protection. Whether the animal is a legendary mother wolf who raised the Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome, or the mother dog who saved and cared for an abandoned infant, these animals show an understanding of compassion that we can always learn from.
As noted in Ancient History Encyclopedia's article "Romulus and Remus."
http://www.ancient.eu.com/Romulus_and_Remus/
"The twins were first discovered by a she-wolf or lupa, who suckled them and they were fed by a wood-pecker or picus."
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| Romulus and Remus by Peter Paul Rubens 1577 to 1640 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens,_Peter_Paul_-_Romulus_and_Remus_-_1614-1616.jpg |
Newborn Baby Saved by Stray Dog: Story of Baby Abandoned in Forest Viral 8 Years Later
By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times | March 28, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/588337-newborn-baby-saved-by-stray-bog-story-of-baby-abandoned-in-forest-goes-viral-8-years-later/
"A story about a newborn baby who was abandoned in a forest only to be rescued by a stray dog...has gone viral–eight years later.
The baby was later taken to a “shed where the infant was discovered nestled with her litter of puppies … definitely man’s best friend,” ...The post has a photo of a baby and a dog–not the same ones as in the real story."
As noted:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7792445/ns/health-pet_health/t/stray-dog-saves-life-abandoned-baby/#.U0DYqEnn-tV
NAIROBI, Kenya — A stray dog saved the life of a newborn baby after finding the abandoned infant in a forest and apparently carrying it across a busy road and through some barbed wire to her litter of puppies, witnesses said.
As noted:
"Mkombozi the Stray Dog Saved the Life of a Newborn."
"She reckoned it was a young animal and possibly wanted to bring it up," Gilchrist said. "It is something to do with the canine-human bond. Other dogs might have just left her there to die. ... She's obviously a very special dog,"
Read more at http://www.dogheirs.com/tamara/posts/533-mkombozi-the-stray-dog-saved-the-life-of-a-newborn-baby#4bIwVbo2d8poczQ1.99
Read more at http://www.dogheirs.com/tamara/posts/533-mkombozi-the-stray-dog-saved-the-life-of-a-newborn-baby#4bIwVbo2d8poczQ1.99
As noted:
"Jade, Hero German Shepherd, Saves Newborn Baby Abandoned In Birmingham Park In England."
Posted: 11/03/2013 12:48 pm EST | Updated: 01/23/2014 6:58 pm EST
"If only we could elect dogs to our Congress - we'd be a better governed country. "
