Highlighting the underlying truth behind the legendary show Kimba The White Lion: That each and every living being is a thinking, feeling, loving creature. This blog is an essential part of the web site www.Kimba.US / www.KimbaWLion.com. For news relating to any of the Kimba The White Lion shows, click here.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Love, altruism, problem solving...
The video below comes from an incident in Chile. You can make a long list of the qualities the hero dog exhibits, but there is no way you can explain away his actions as mere instinct.
T__T That video disturbed me so much when it first aired on the news - everyone so amazed and touched that the dog dragged his (dead, by the way) friend across the street, but NOT A SINGLE PERSON stopped to help the dog, or even slowed down. It makes me ill.
I'm trying to be extremely fair in saying that I don't know the situation on that road: how visible the dog was, how dangerous it would be to stop, etc. The crew that did help the dog had a truck with a lighted arrow sign; I don't know how a car would have fared.
That said, I have been known to block roadways when animals are crossing. We do what we can.
I dunno... one of the the original Spanish-language broadcasts said the dog was dead. *shrug* I wish there were someone who could say for certain that they both were adopted and lived.
I'm a maniac who pulls over and leaps to help newts that are crossing the road, and I move clean roadkill so other wildlife won't get hit while eating it. I can't even imagine driving past that poor dog.
T__T That video disturbed me so much when it first aired on the news - everyone so amazed and touched that the dog dragged his (dead, by the way) friend across the street, but NOT A SINGLE PERSON stopped to help the dog, or even slowed down. It makes me ill.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to be extremely fair in saying that I don't know the situation on that road: how visible the dog was, how dangerous it would be to stop, etc. The crew that did help the dog had a truck with a lighted arrow sign; I don't know how a car would have fared.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I have been known to block roadways when animals are crossing. We do what we can.
BTW, the commentator on that video --and on a different one I watched while selecting the clip I would include-- both said the injured dog survived.
ReplyDeleteI dunno... one of the the original Spanish-language broadcasts said the dog was dead. *shrug* I wish there were someone who could say for certain that they both were adopted and lived.
ReplyDeleteI'm a maniac who pulls over and leaps to help newts that are crossing the road, and I move clean roadkill so other wildlife won't get hit while eating it. I can't even imagine driving past that poor dog.