Six dogs waited patiently for the homeless man who has been caring for them outside of a hospital in Brazil on Wednesday after the man suffered a minor stroke.


According to the local newspaper G1, the Brazilian man, known in the area by locals as Luiz, has been homeless for 20 years and although his family has reached out to help him numerous times, Luiz is just content to be with his six dogs.


The dogs spent the entire day in front of the Santa Casa hospital after Luiz was hospitalized and would not leave the front door until the next morning when their human was released. The dogs howled in distress. According to the Amigos de Patas, volunteer Simone Ziliane, the next day when Luiz was released and exited through a different door, the dogs were still there standing vigil.


“The dogs were desperate. On Thursday morning when his Luiz was discharged and left with his brother through another door, the dogs remained at the hospital entrance. One of the volunteers from the NGO had to fetch her Luiz at his brother’s house and take him to where the dogs were for them to leave the front.”

Luiz receives support food and support from volunteers in Brazil to eat and shower. The NGO Amigos de Patas feeds and checks on the welfare of the dogs. They are are neutered and vaccinated. Luiz returned to the streets one day later and reunited with his dogs he regards as his family.

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The media outlet tweeted," White american savage who is partly a neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity. Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share."

The photos are apparently a year old, FOX News reported. Talley posted the photos with the caption, "“Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4000 lbs. and was blessed to be able to get 2000 lbs. of meat from him.”


However, in an email to FOX News, Talley said the giraffe is not a rare breed, writing, "The breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old. Giraffes get darker with age."

Passionate people have been outspoken on social media, calling Talley "disgusting" and "immoral."

This would be far from the first time an American has been scorned for their hunt. In 2015, Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer faced international scrutiny after killing the beloved "Cecil the Lion" near a national park in Zimbabwe.

Trophy hunting is a legal practice in a number of African countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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The magical beauty of Icelandic horses are on full display in these wonderful pictures by photographer Drew Doggett.

In his latest photographic series – In the Realms of Legends – Doggett ventured to Iceland to photograph what he calls the “noble and resilient horses native to Iceland.”

The horses are as deeply rooted in Iceland’s mythology as the land itself and Doggett’s photos capture the ethereal, magical qualities of both the landscape and horse.

You can also follow Doggett on Instagram!

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Skogafoss, Iceland’s famous waterfall, is used as the backdrop for several photos.

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While the water plummets down several beautiful while horses walk in the crystalline, cold waters.

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Other photos are taken at Jokulsarlon, a black sand beach that is riddled with sea ice.

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Despite the harsh environments in which they live, the Icelandic horses are “extremely amicable” according to the photographer’s press release.

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Doggett himself was mesmerized by the colors of scenes.

Drew DoggettFor one photo he calls “Noble Light” he remarked on his website: “I found this multi-faceted jet black rock face played an elegant counterpart to the white horse who appears to be illuminated by a divine light.”

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In another, he wrote, “Running free over a rolling expanse of land, you can tell that these horses have an inimitable bond with their home.”


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Ultimately, the series is meant as a tribute to the Icelandic horses themselves. “This work is a tribute to them and the incredible, nearly unbelievable natural elements of our planet that I spend my life working to capture and share,” Doggett wrote on his blog.

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Enjoy more of Drew Doggett’s photographs on his website. You can also see videos he has produced on Vimeo and more of his work on Instagram.

In The Realm of Legends: Series Trailer from Drew Doggett on Vimeo.

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Past few years, a cute black dog named Negro has been living in the campus of Colombia’s Diversified Technical Education Institute of Monterrey Casanare. He keeps his eye over the students as a guardian who is going for their studies.

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The school’s faculty looks after him and provides food, water and shelter to pass the night. But apparently, the dog has decided to do the things that are beyond to him.

Negro used to observe the kids buying things on their breaks and sometimes even the students used to buy him the cookies that were sold there. That was the time when the dog firstly learned about commerce and he decided to try it out all by himself.

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Teacher Angela Garcia Bernal said, “He would go to the store and watch the children give money and receive something in exchange. Then one day, spontaneous, he appeared with a leaf in his mouth, wagging his tail and letting it be known that he wanted a cookie.”

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Negro invented his own currency and Surprisingly! It was accepted. The dog by then had realized that money would literally grow on the trees.



“He comes for cookies every day,” Gladys Barreto, a longtime store attendant, said. “He always pays with a leaf. It is his daily purchase.”

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Now the dog has been doing the same thing for years now and at the same time staffs has been taking care of him by letting him have only those foods which are safe for dogs.

The staffs also limit his purchase to just a couple a day but still, it’s a remarkable thing to behold. “When you first see it, you almost want to cry,” Bernal said. “He’s found a way to make himself understood. He’s very intelligent.”

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