Awww....Baby Bobcat and tiny Fawn Find Friendship After Fire

[Duppers]

Have y'all seen this story yet?



A wildfire in Santa Barbara, California last month helped forge some unlikely bonds. Rescued from the Jesusita Fire, a 3-week old bobcat kitten and 3 day old fawn became fast friends. The animal rescue in California brought predator and prey together. But these babies simply took comfort in each other’s company, snuggling under a desk at a dispatch office for hours.

The bobcat and fawn would not normally be placed together, due to regulations, but the rescuers had no choice. They snagged the bobcat kitten first, finding it dehydrated and near death. Later, they brought in the fawn and discovered they didn’t have a crate large enough for it. No matter – the kitten ran right over to the fawn, and the two became fast friends.


Full story and more pics:
http://www.peachygreen.com/wildlife/bobcat-and-fawn-find-friendship-after-fire


Yes, this is real. Animal Chanel covered it. Donations are welcome.

[kentauros]

1. Awwwww....

:D

It must be a sign of the end times. Next we'll see cats and dogs living together. :P

[LynneSin]

10. Or republicans find their humanity

:rofl:

[merh]

2. so sweet

[charlie and algernon]

3. cute overload!

gonna create quite the mindf*** to see an adult bobcat and deer walking around together, LOL.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. sweet

:loveya:

[lukasahero]

5. OMG this is officially the cutest thing I have ever seen (other pic)

[Arugula Latte]

14. OMG ... AHHHHH!!!!

*thunk* I'm dead. That picture just killed me. It was worth it, though. :loveya:

[joeybee12]

6. This is just too-too adorable!

They are too young to have been taught by their Moms who to look out for, and, conversely, who to stalk!

[Deep13]

7. Deer to cat: ...

"When she opens the cold box, you can have the meat and the milk, but that salad is all MINE!"

[Captain Hilts]

8. That's just about the cutest thing I've ever seen....nt

[Akoto]

9. Looks like the fawn is the bobcat's cuddle hostage.

Cute stuff. I'm only sorry that they had to come together under such circumstances!

[Coventina]

11. Must. Resist. Maudlin. Sentimentality......oh forget it!!!

I'm leaking! GAHHHH!!!

CUTEST.THING.EVER!!!!!

I wish them both well. Sad they apparently lost their moms...

:-(

[frogmarch]

12. ohhhh, how beautiful!

and how adorable. Precious little babies.

[Soylent Brice]

13. yeah, real cute. until they grow up, and someone forgets to refill the meow mix.

[tigereye]

15. aw - poor little things

very cute, though.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. So precious!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. That's about as much cuteness as anyone can manage in one day.

:loveya:

[suninvited]

18. Growing up I read a book by Mel Ellis

called Softly Roars the Lion. It was a story about almost identical circumstances, only it was a baby lion and a baby deer rescued after a blizzard and then being raised together by their rescuers.

It was a great book! I must have read it a hundred or more times.

[Brigid]

19. This is just too cute for words!

:loveya: It sounds like the beginning of a children's storybook.

[applegrove]

20. So cute.