Her favorite thing to do is to sit outside on our porch and watch the birds. She likes that she is the only cat and gets all of the attention.” Lilly is simply the cutest! Check her pics below and see for yourself.

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 Personnel at the Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (SICSA) in Kettering, Ohio, stated that the 1-year-old dog started a nice simple habit to make his cold kennel a bit more comfy. “Rush makes his bed every day at an animal shelter while he waits for a family to adopt him,” SICSA posted on Facebook. 

“He’s been waiting for over 30 days.” Thanks to the adorable video above, Rush found a new family:

  The family had seen the video, came and met Rush and fell in love,” Nora Vondrell, executive director of SICSA, told ABC News. I’m really happy for Rush and I hope his new family gives him the love he deserves 🙂
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 On a recent trip to the Penllergare Valley Woods, Charlie decided to chase some ducks. It was the first time he had ever done so, and it soon landed him in trouble. Charlie jumped in the lake to paddle after the ducks, but soon found himself trapped in the water. “Charlie was going further and further out and was getting stuck in the reeds. You could see he was struggling to stay afloat,” Jane told Wales Online. 

 Jane worried, but couldn’t go in after him: “I’m disabled, so there was no way I could’ve swum out to get him. Which just left me standing there helpless on the bank thinking, ‘What the hell do I do now’?”

Then suddenly, a complete stranger jumped into the water and started swimming after Charlie! It was no easy task, but the teen successfully swam out and reached Charlie. He freed the dog, and led him back to shore. “The poor lad himself was also quite shaken up afterwards,” Jane said. “I think it had been a tougher swim than he’d expected and I’m really grateful to him for risking his own safety the way he did.” 

 While it was an ordeal, it was worth it to save Charlie’s life. Jane was extremely grateful: “So I’ve no doubt in my mind that had Connor not got to him right then he’d have died,” she told Wales Online. Jane shared the story on Facebook. She still didn’t know the boy’s name, but wanted to give him credit for his remarkable good deed. 

  “This young Scottish lad is my hero!” she wrote. But as the post went viral, she soon learned his identity: Connor Telford, a 17-year-old from Dundee, Scotland. And she soon learned the eventful day was his first time in Wales. “He lives in Scotland and arrived in Wales today, this was his first stop on his holiday in The Mumbles,” Jane wrote. 

 Needless to say, it was quite an eventful, and exhausting, start to a vacation: “This was the first day of Connor’s first ever trip to Wales – and, oh my goodness, what a day it turned out to be,” Connor’s girlfriend’s mother Shelagh told Wales Online. 

  “He’s not a strong swimmer but launched himself headfirst into the lake with no thought for his own safety. He came out bedraggled, visibly shaken and was physically sick – but he’s recovering well from his ordeal.” But she says the teen has recovered thanks to some ice cream, and he’s been widely praised as a hero online. 

  “Without this lad and you all clapping and cheering him to keep him fighting then I’d be telling a very different story,” Jane wrote.

  Thank you to Connor for going out of the way to save Charlie from drowning! You’re a true hero.❤
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 In a heartbreaking photo, shared on Instagram by Virunga National Park, the two lifelong friends can be seen bonding for the very last time. Ndakasi can be seen lying her head on her carer and protecter’s chest, Andre Bauma, before giving her last breath. The two went viral a couple of years ago, after posing in a selfie. “It is with heartfelt sadness that Virunga announces the passing of beloved orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who had been under the care of the Park’s Senkwekwe Center for more than a decade,” the touching words read. 

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Ndakasi – like all the other primates that live in the Virunga park, Congo – was a symbol of hope and determination. A great example of how much these magnificent creatures have to endure, only because of poaching. 

Ndakasi was first brought at the Senkwekwe Centre, in Viruga park, when she was only two-month-old. Back then, she was rescued by the park’s rangers, after she lost her mom – also due to poaching. An endangered species, Viruga’s mountain gorilla are being protected by over 600 devoted rangers, who are always ready to put their lives on the line to protect these gentle giants. 

The beautiful friendship between Ndakasi and Andre, shows the deep, and so special bond, the rangers share with these innocent souls!
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