Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The Wolf and the Donkey - a modern parable

This is a beautiful and incredibly touching story of love and grace. Original credit below.

THE WOLF AND THE DONKEY
On May 9, 2007, in the mountains of northern Albania in the northwestern city of Patok, a wolf was captured and put in a pen. To feed him, his captors decided to give him "live food," an old donkey who, having been exploited for many years by its owners, had become worthless to them. Nobody expected to see what happened next.

Both animals, prisoners of an evil man with a desire for possession and selfishness, did something unexpected. The wolf looked into the donkey's eyes and the poor old donkey did the same, and the two became friends. Because in a world dominated by the greed and apathy of men, the titles of prey and predator become meaningless, and a wonderful friendship can develop between two souls, victims of the same evil, only made possible by emotions that we struggle to understand. 




UPDATE:
12.000 people had written to the government of Albania asking that the life of donkey be spared and the wolf released to the wild. The story got coverage from the Albanian television and under the huge pressure of the public, they finally let both of them free.

The original article mentions that the donkey lives now happily on a green pasture and that the wolf would even pass by sometimes to visit him.

Original source: http://www.gut-aiderbichl.at/aktetier/aktetier_1038.pdf

Thanks to Occupy for Animals. Please visit their page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-for-Animals/152547194813334

18 comments:

  1. What a wonderful thing. Hope the person that owned the donkey goes to hell...

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  2. This is an incredible story and one that is a lesson to all mankind.

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  3. What an awesome outcome! I love happy endings...

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  4. In Portugal, this story is argument for a kids book, by the author Pedro Bessa. Next November 2012, it will be in theater.

    http://www.wook.pt/ficha/o-burro-eleuterio-e-o-lobo-selvagem/a/id/2124188

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  5. I think the owner should be thrown to a pack of wild wolves as a live food.

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  6. animals are smarter and more compassionate than man, enough said

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  7. so the wolf dint eat the donkey......... So what is the great story?

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    1. The pathetic ugliness of the human species, alone amongst all that live on this planet.

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    2. Ehm is this a real question? seriously?

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  8. And I so hate big bad wolf stories - here is a much better story to tell our kids!

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    1. Agree. Wolfs are not bad its the humans who are.

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  9. I hope that this is true that they are happy now, because there is no pictures to prove this. I don't believe in humanity so without pictures I don't believe

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  10. I believe a wolf would pick much smaller prey on a 1 to 1 bases , and who would waist their donkey to feed a wolf ?. Sounds a bit strange to me, not to say animals can't be vicious like people.

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  11. Truly Amazing
    Friendship can develop under such difficult circumstances
    Maybe humans can learn a lesson

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  12. "so the wolf didn't eat the donkey, so what..."...if you were the donkey you might understand what is great about this story :)Its whole life treated like crap and finally (as a thank you) given as live bait to a wolf, who befriends it instead, f... have a heart that is a great story!!!

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  13. Beautiful story of animals going against their inbuilt instinct to see a friend and companion in horrible surroundings. Hope that piece of crap owner is caged.

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