10 most touching stories of communication between children and animals

The other day it became known that the American professor Kon Slobodchikov from the University of Northern Arizona is actively working on the creation of software that will help to understand the language of animals. The scientist is sure: the conversation between people and animals is quite an achievable goal. According to him, a special gadget the size of a mobile phone will help to understand the language of animals. So it is quite possible that the day is not far off when people will be able to fulfill their old dream and will be able to have conversations with our smaller brothers. But children do not seem to need any gadgets at all to fully understand animals, as the stories from our collection perfectly testify to.

1. Amelia

New Jersey-based photographer Robin Schwartz has been photographing her adorable daughter, Amelia, with a variety of animals for over 10 years. As a result, two albums came out - "The World of Amelia" and "Kinship with Animals". In each album, the girl is depicted next to wild animals, which she seems to regard as her brothers and sisters.

2. Baby and puppies

Photographer Cindy Clark from Pennsylvania took these pictures of her 3-month-old nephew cuddling with 3-week-old French Bulldogs. It turned out very nice.

3. Braxton and Cymbi

Someone has a pet cat Barsik, but a three-year-old circus performer from Australia named Braxton West Smith has an African lion cub Tsimbi.

4. Julian and Max

This is a story about great love and friendship between a 4 year old boy Julian and a huge Newfoundland Max. They live on an island near Seattle and grow up together, explore new places and enjoy a carefree childhood.

5. Raleigh and Fergus

Raleigh Hager, 11, loves her miniature pig named Fergus. Fergus is one example of a growing trend in which miniature versions of rural animals are becoming the new pets of city dwellers.

6. Sick children and golden retrievers

Children who work with dogs (the so-called canis therapy) gradually transfer a positive attitude towards them to their environment, to the world as a whole, become more sociable, easier to make contact. In a word, these loving shaggy creatures on four legs help their little patients make their lives and the lives of their loved ones easier, instill in them new qualities that the disease has deprived them of.

7. Tippy

Tippi Degre - modern-day Mowgli - was born in Africa to French wildlife photographers and spent her childhood in a very unusual way. The girl grew up in the African desert, establishing an unusually close relationship with many wild animals.

8. Little Japanese and bulldog

Japan's Aya Sakai from Tokyo took a series of photographs of her two best friends, her little son and their pet bulldog, every day.

9. Matteo and the Groundhogs

According to the parents of eight-year-old Matteo Walch, his communication with marmots began four years ago, when the family came to rest in the Alps, and the animals themselves surrounded the boy. They allow him to play with himself, which is absolutely incredible for wild cautious rodents.

10. Alida and Mr. Gibbs

A sick little girl lives on thanks to her best friend, a dog named Mr. Gibbs, who carries her oxygen tanks on his back. Mr. Gibbs was specially trained to help 3-year-old Alida Knobloch, who has to inhale oxygen through a tube almost all the time.