Sometimes, a photo really is worth a thousand words. These are those magical moments that don't happen too often…It makes you happy someone had a camera nearby to capture all the joy and beauty.
In the next few hard-hitting photographs, you'll see people setting aside their worldly needs to reach out to animals with compassion and empathy. It's not always convenient, and it's often dangerous, but
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#10. A firefighter returns from a blazing house one more time to return this beautiful kitty to her grateful mom.
#9. Researchers in China wear Panda costumes, so they don't frighten the endangered baby pandas they've rescued.
#8. After a treacherous monsoon, a boy in Manila, Phillipines carries his beloved doggy to safety through floodwaters.
#7. Captain Awesome to the rescue!
#6. The short and sweet story of firemen who stopped their day to rescue a squirrel who'd gotten his head stuck in a MOST inconvenient place!
#5. Daisy Mae formerly was a dog-fighting dog, but since her rescue, she spends her days cuddling the elderly as part of an animal therapy outreach.
#4. A courageous teen risks his life to save a fawn from flooding in Noakhali, Bangladesh
#3. Not many people would risk their lives by jumping in the ocean to save a 400-pound bear. Officers shot a black bear with a tranquilizer dart to help get him out of a residential area. Unfortunately, the bear wandered into the water when the medicine began to take hold.
Adam Warwick knew he had to act fast.
He held the bear by the scruff of the neck to avoid his massive claws and swam with him to safety.
#2. Rescued from a warzone: A soldier embraces the stray dog he adopted during service in Afghanistan, who was airlifted back to the states to rejoin her loving human.
#1. This is what happens when people show compassion: The Animal Rescue Center for Disabled Dogs' annual walk. Those are some seriously happy pups!
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