Animals often transcend their roles as pets, becoming true heroes willing to sacrifice themselves to rescue humans from perilous situations.
Animals are human friends more than pets and sometimes even be real hero, willing to sacrifice himself to save people from dangerous situations. Here are the Top 3 stories of animals that have protected people from situations that hung by a thread.
The dog guides the rescue team for earthquake victims in Turkey
Recently, in border of Turkey and Syria, there was a serious earthquake, causing this areas to fall into a tragedy in need of emergency relief.
During that time, on February 12, 2023, a support team was sent to save the people living in the area of Goksun district, Kahramanmaras province – Turkey.
However, heavy snow covered the road to the village, making the rescue team’s approach more difficult, forcing them to move in another direction.
And unfortunately, they got lost. Shortly after, there was a dog approached them, and they decided to follow the dog.
And fortunately, the whole rescue team found the village and carried out rescue work for the residents there thanks to the help of the brave and intelligent dog, helping the humanitarian aid efforts of the group were not interrupted.
During natural disasters happening to people in the area, the image and story of the dog like a fire give strength to everyone to try to overcome the immediate difficulties.
Tara the cat – “Annual National Hero Cat Award”
The incident happened when Jeremy the little boy was four years old (May, 2014) in California – USA. Jeremy is inherently a quiet boy, so Tara – a cat raised in the boy’s family, seems to be his only confidant, and at the same time a small personal bodyguard.
One afternoon while Jeremy was hanging out in front of the house playing with his bike as usual, the neighbor’s dog suddenly attacked him. It bit Jeremy’s leg and sent him tumbling to the ground.
When Tara heard his voiceless scream, Tara immediately rushed out of the house and ran straight into the fierce dog, causing it to fold its tail and run away.
The whole incident was captured by cameras around the neighborhood where Jeremy’s family lived. Tara was later honored to receive the Blue Tiger Award – an award only reserved for military dogs for the brave action to save the little master.
A year later, Tara was honored at the 33rd annual awards ceremony of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Los Angeles (SPCALA) and was accompanied by numerous honors in other events.
Mila – the Beluga white whale saves diver from death
In 2021, at a diving competition in Northeast China, athletes need to dive into the cold water filled with white whales for as long as possible which do not based on any device support to win the competition based on the prescribed rules.
There will be nothing to mention until Yun Yang – a participant has a cramp. With the feeling of extreme fear and the water pressure and the ice-cold temperature, the girl’s body was almost paralyzed under the water.
Yun Yang thought she was going to be unable to take it anymore, and at that moment, Mila – a beluga white whale appeared.
The whale used its beak and flippers to hold the athlete, then grabbed her leg with its jaws and finally pushed her to the surface.
Although not a fast-swimming fish, the Beluga can dive to depths of up to 700 meters above sea level, and they are also considered to have excellent eyesight both in and out of the water. So, fortunately, she was saved by Mila – a child of Mother Nature.