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BainsBane

(53,072 posts) Mon Jun 24, 2013, 10:54 PM Jun 2013

Sad but touching: Dog buries puppy

The New York Daily News has pointed to this sad but fascinating video of a dog meticulously burying the body of a dead puppy. Using its snout, the dog pushes sand over the lifeless body of the puppy in an apparent act of mourning.

Though the video's title suggests that the incident took place in Iraq, there's no indication whether the dog and the puppy were related.

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Sad but touching: Dog buries puppy (Original Post) BainsBane Jun 2013 OP

that's so sad, but what a good doggie. n/t 2theleft Jun 2013 #1

Amazing. But so many say, "They're just dumb animals." sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #2

Wow. Wonder how many humans walked by and did nothing? AndyA Jun 2013 #3

That must have been very difficult for that dog Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #4

2theleft

(1,136 posts)

1. that's so sad, but what a good doggie. n/t

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:46 PM

Jun 2013

sinkingfeeling

(51,474 posts)

2. Amazing. But so many say, "They're just dumb animals."

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Tue Jun 25, 2013, 08:57 AM

Jun 2013

AndyA

(16,993 posts)

3. Wow. Wonder how many humans walked by and did nothing?

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:29 PM

Jun 2013

Animals are often more humane than people.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

4. That must have been very difficult for that dog

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 07:00 PM

Jun 2013

to bury the pup with it's snout. Can you imagine all that sand! What an incredible thing to witness.

But.....it pisses me off that people just stand around and watch instead of helping. And what was that thing at the end where one of them throws something at the grave? I could never have stood back and watched without helping that dog.

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