Top 10 Cases of Animals Saving Human
Don't be surprised when your animal friends save your ass.
They can be even more helpful.
This list looks at 10 incidents in which animals have saved human lives.
10. Cat-Saved Family from House Fire
Dianne Busscher was woken up at 4:45 a.m. by the cries of the family cat, Oreo, coming from the garage.
Busscher went down stairs to see what the fuss was about.
What she saw was smoke and flames; she quickly grabbed the cat and rushed back inside to wake up her husband and their five children.
The fire destroyed the garage and a bedroom. None of the family was harmed thanks to the cat’s cries.
9. Dolphin-Saved Teenager from Drowning
Davide Ceci was 14 years old and couldn’t swim when he fell out of his Fathers boat in south-east Italy.
He was within minutes of death when dolphin Filippo came to his rescue.
While Emanuele Ceci was still unaware his son had fallen into the waves, Filippo was pushing him up out of the water to safety.
The dolphin bore down on the boat and got close enough for Davide’s father to grab him.
8. Dog-Saved Woman from River
Brenda Owen had gone out for a quick walk with her dog when she spotted a wheelchair on the riverbank.
She saw a woman floating in the river.
She called out to her but there was no reply so she told her dog, Penny, to “Fetch! Fetch!”
Without hesitation the dog ran into the river, swam to the woman and pulled her to the shore.
7. Dog-Saves boy from snake
A 2 year old child had been walking with his grandmother when Arf, the family dog, became very agitated.
The dog became so agitated that the grandmother thought it best to take the child inside.
Mrs. Sparks, the child’s mother, came out to find Arf in a fight with a 24 inch north-american coral snake.
She shot the snake but arf had a lot of bites and scratches and had to be admitted into a veterinary hospital for 24 days.
6. Watusi Calf-Saves Women from Snake
Janice Wolf was in the back pasture of the refuge she operates in Arkansas.
When her 11 month old Watusu Calf suddenly turned and blocked her path.
She couldn’t understand why it was doing this, so she took hold of its horns and tried pushing it.
But it tossed its head and knocked her off balance.
That’s when she spotted a copper-head snake on the ground exactly were her foot would have been had the Watusi calf not intervened.
5. Dolphins-Save surfer from shark
24-year-old Todd Endris went surfing with some friends.
While surfing, a 15 foot shark appeared.
The shark tried to bite him but could not get its jaws around both the surfer and the surf board.
At this point when Todd was running out of energy and thought he was done for.
A pod of dolphins came out and formed a protective ring around him, keeping the shark at bay long enough for Todd to catch a wave back to shore and receive emergency first aid from his friend.
4. Pit bull-Saves woman and child from being attacked
In 2008 a woman and her young son had been walking home from a playground.
As they entered a parking lot a man holding a knife approached them and told them not to make any movements.
A large pit bull ran out of nowhere and charged the man, who quickly fled.
An animal control authority said they had no idea what the mans intentions were but it was very possible that the dog saved Angela’s and her sons life..
3. Gorilla-Saves Boy from being attacked
On August 16 1996 in the Brookfield Zoo, a 3 year old boy fell into a Gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness.
Binti Jua a female Lowland Gorilla, guarded the young boy from the other Gorillas in the enclosure.
She then cradled him in her arm and carried him 60 feet to an entrance where zoo-keepers could retrieve him.
2. Dolphins-Save swimmers from sharks
Rob Howes had gone swimming with his daughter and two of her friends off Ocean beach in New Zealand, when a group of dolphins suddenly appeared.
The dolphins started to herd the humans; they pushed all four of them together by circling around them.
Howes tried to drift away from the group, but two of the bigger dolphins herded him back – just as he spotted a 10ft great white shark heading towards him.
The dolphins kept this up for 40 minutes until the shark lost interest, and the group could swim the 100m back to shore.
1. Treo-The bomb-sniffing search dog
Treo, the bomb sniffing search dog.
In the UK Treo had been on the news for winning the Dickin Medal award, which is the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.
Treo sniffed out two hidden bombs in Helmand province, potentially saving many lives, and is now at eight years old taking a well-deserved retirement.
Thank you, from the bottom of heart.
