This remarkable story of friendship began twenty-two years ago at a circus when Jenny was a calf and Shirley was in her twenties. Back then, they only spent one winter together before they were seperated, but it was enough to form a bond that will now last a lifetime.

Twenty-two years later Shirley was taken to an elephant sanctuary to live out her days in freedom.

Solomon, Shirley’s human carer, sums up this beautifully (and emotionally). He says, ‘I don’t know who was the first to put a chain on her, but I’m glad to know that I was the last to take it off. She’s free at last.’

Here, in a remarkable twist of fate, she was reunited with Jenny. Watch their amazing reunion here. (you might need the tissues)

Thanks to Gillian for sending us this.

This year’s Tropfest winner has a positive message about animals with a beat that stays in your head.

Very fun and very cool! Click on the video (and turn the sound up!)

The Adore Animals Foundation is about fostering positive relationships between humans and animals and it’s also about respecting and valuing animals. So here’s what I urge you to do. Pick a cause and support it. Whether that is helping to end puppy farms, converting shelters to no kill, lobbying politicians for better animal laws, sending care packages to volunteers, saving whales from slaughter, protecting the Leadbeater’s Possum forest from logging, stopping cockfighting and dog fighting, helping end elephant cruelty, ending animal testing, helping rehome animals – whatever it is, do it.

Then we want you to share with us what you’ve done, how you’ve helped however big or small. There are so many people out there working everyday to help animals, join them or support them. Believe me, they need it – often they’re volunteers (no pay) and overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenge before them.

So to get you started, here’s a clip that is not pretty. In fact, it’s disturbing and upsetting and we strongly recommend parental guidance. This is happening in Australia now and everyday. We need your help to stop it.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here are some links to get you thinking about how you can act to help. As an example, these are all about dogs, but information can be found on any cause or animal you are passionate about:

Article: Mike Bailey challenges the Lost Dogs’ Home on its euthanasia rates

Video (warning): The reality of most shelters

Website: On Australian puppymills

Website: On Oscar’s Law

Our animal friends in the Queensland floods are fighting for survival.

This video of amazing photographs shows the devastation and efforts to save loved ones.

Thanks to The Equine Passion for this tribute to their beautiful friends.

Donations to our ‘Animal Disaster Recovery’ fund will be available soon.

In the meantime, you can help by buying Moments of Connection by clicking here

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Brutus the Brown Bear weighs more than 360 kilograms but that doesn’t stop him being best friends with an animal curator.

We definitely agree, don’t try this at home!

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Shark researchers often use this technique to gather information about sharks.

It also provides for some pretty awesome animal interaction, although we do not suggest you try this!

Thanks to one of our friends on our You Tube channel for showing us this video!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slsIfINSKNU

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Click here to view the embedded video.

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Pandas are an endangered species, in fact, in the wild it’s thought only about 1,000 remain. Worldwide, zoos help boost the population with roughly 100 Giant Pandas in capavity including pandas, Wang Wang and Funi who arrived at Adelaide Zoo last December. The only Giant Pandas in the Southern Hemisphere and the first to live permanently in Australia, it’s hoped Wang Wang and Funi will one day breed to boost population numbers.

Not only are Giant Pandas rare, they’re highly elusive. Imagine then, my delight at finding this BBC footage of Giant Pandas in the wild narrated by the guru himself, David Attenborough. I hope you enjoy it too!

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Founded in 1987, with six Giant Pandas, The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a non-profit organisation engaged in wildlife research, captive breeding, conservation education and educational tourism. They also care for the endangered Red Panda. To find out more click here.

To see this video in high definition and our other favourite animal videos from across the globe, visit the Adore Animals YouTube channel.

Elephants can be mischievous and cheeky and as this rare footage of elephants show, just like human boys, what good fun it is to act rough and tumble, splash and role-play.  

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You can also view this clip in larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation You Tube Channel.

It’s the festive season so we thought this video from the BBC’s animal show Weird Nature would be an apt way to bring in the New Year. These Vervet Monkeys on the island of St Kitts in the Caribbean have developed quite a taste for alcohol, so much so, they’ve even been the subject of several studies (with interesting comparisons to human populations).

As with these oblivious patrons, if you’re reaching for your cocktail on St Kitts and it’s suddenly not there, now you’ll know exactly who to blame!

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