In an incredible act of selfless, a stray dog put her life on the line to save one of her puppies, after the little one got stranded by floodwaters. The heroic scene was caught on camera and the video went viral with people calling it “the extraordinary power of a mother’s love!”
The Chinese province Sichuan has faced some devastating floods, after torrential rains hit the region. Due to the heavy rain, the Min River broke its banks and swamped dozens of houses in the city of Meishan. But not just the people got hardly affected by the floodwaters, but animals too. Among them a mother dog and her five puppies.
The brave mother and her five puppies have been all adopted by local residents after the unfortunate event. Yet the footage of the mother heroically saving her stranded baby won everyone’s heart online.
“This is truly the power of a mother’s love,” one person perfectlydescribed the scene. “No matter how dangerous it is, she always wants to protect her children.” While another one added: “Such a tiny body and such incredible strength!”