Three teeny bunnies, orphaned by a dog attack, were barely clinging to life in an animal rehab center when they were "adopted" by a homing pigeon in a neighboring cage.
Noah, a one-legged homing pigeon who cannot be released back into the wild due to his injury, lives at the rehab center full time. He was immediately enthralled with the baby bunnies, continually looking in their cage and even sleeping in front of their door to keep watch.
One day the caretakers noticed one of the bunnies was missing from its cage. She hastily picked up Noah from in front of the cage door so that she could investigate inside and lo and behold - there was the bunny, underneath Noah, sound asleep.
The bunny babe had climbed through the cage bars to snuggle with Noah. Now they are housed all together and the bunnies are thriving. They cuddle under Noah's wing and if one of them moves too far from his protective embrace, he gently pushes them back where they belong with his beak.
Since I posted this story, I have found out that it originated at Wild Rose Rescue Ranch. Wild Rose is part of a small team of rehabilitators in east Texas that specialize in different species of wildlife. The 50-acre ranch is a habitat for deer, fawn, rabbits, squirrels, armadillos, skunks, raccoons, horses, possums and birds.
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Altruism is more common among the non-human species.
These pictures are simply NOT BIG ENOUGH.
There's more to the story here if you scroll to the bottom of arcforwildlife dot com. Pretty cool.
Mare, thanks for that site address - I'll write an update and post those new pics. Noah is simply amazing!
hi, im amber. i was wondering if any of your bunnies were up for sale. i would like one and if yes, please write back to: soccergirlamber@gmail.com
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