If You're an Animal Lover, This Will Warm Your Heart

[Omaha Steve]

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This lucky pup was rescued by Tulsa, Ariz. deputy Amber Solomon after disappearing five months earlier in the devastating March tornado. After a few weeks, no one had claimed the pooch, so Solomon adopted her. River is now a happy member of Solomon's family! (Photo Courtesy KJRH)

http://www.weather.com/tv/shows/responding-by-storm/news/best-animal-rescues

After a weather event rolls through town, people aren't the only ones displaced or in need of rescue. Their furry friends are, too.

In fact, while many stories of human rescue renew faith in our humanity and show the altruistic side of people in the hardest of circumstances, it's the stories of animal rescues that tug on the heart strings like little else. Watching firefighters rescue a fawn from a storm drain or seeing dozens of locals line up around the block to save cats and dogs from a flooding animal shelter is more heartwarming than the sappiest of happily ever afters.

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The March 2015 hurricane in Tulsa, Ariz., claimed one life, injured 30 and damaged dozens of homes -- but at least it united one lucky pup with a new owner. Tulsa County Deputy Amber Solomon found a lone puppy five months after the tornado, and the two were clearly a match.

"I see this little puppy and she just comes right up to me, and I picked her up, and she laid her head on my shoulder," Solomon told KJRH Tulsa.

FULL story at link.

[2naSalit]

1. After the F5 that wiped out

Greensberg, KS I was a relief worker and was at the "encampment" in the city park every evening. The animal rescue center was set up at some facility on the adjacent property, I went there every day to talk to all the animals being sheltered there and hoped that they all were reclaimed. Not sure how that all worked out since there were so many homes destroyed.

I still haven't forgotten what that looked and felt like, just being there was enough to realize how horrible it was and that rebuilding all those lives was going to be a monumental task for everyone there or involved. One sight I do recall is the line of dump trucks extending as far as I could see hauling the debris away all day, every day and the painted markings on the walls of the few buildings on the perimeter after they had been checked for survivors or bodies.

This is a truly heartwarming story.

[Laffy Kat]

2. You're a nice person.

[2naSalit]

3. I love animals, have more compassion

for them than my own species after all we've done. Even though I was in that place helping the humans, knowing those poor cats and dogs and a few farm animals were right next door, I had to go and spend some time with them after my day was over. If I could, I'd just hang out with animals, not sure why I didn't become a zoologist instead of polisci wonk.