Daniel Aspanall, after not seeing his gorilla friend for 5 years after returning him to the wild, reunites with him in the jungle.  Daniel grew up in a family who worked with exotic animals with the goal of placing them back into the wild and saving their natural living spaces.   His Gorilla friend now has wives and children.  Here is the actual reunion footage.  Really worth the watch.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37272262#37272262 Daniel talks about how wild animals are to be respected as wild and he really didn't know how his friend or his wives would react - if they would attack.  But Daniel also talks about their "love" and how they remember.  The gorilla gently hugged him and didn't want to let him go.  Have you experienced a loving reunion like this?  I know I have.  PS.  My mother has been in the hospital so I have not posted in a while.  I missed everyone!  Tout Suite flew with me to North Carolina and he says Meow Ya'll!


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Wouldn't it be nice if all humans greeted each other like animals!  I am going to make a point of thinking of my dogs' greetings when I greet people!

FAbulous video!  Amazing!  That he would still know his friend.
Wow! I love that. Wish we could know just how much animals do remember, and how they remember it. Great story, thank you for sharing it here!
Kim-You must have some well-mannered dogs...if I greeted people the way my dogs greet people, I'm pretty sure it would be at least a misdemeanor.
Michael, You have a point.  I guess I got a little carried away in my idealistic fantasy.
Kim--What kind of dogs do you have?
MIchael, I have a German Shepherd and a Whodunnit.  What kind do you have?
Whodunnits rock. Right now we are holding steady with Crash, the 110-pound hound-type whodunnit rescue from Montana and Cassie, the nine-pound fireball Coton rescue from Missouri.

We are about ready for another rescuepalooza. 21 years now...quite a few unforgettable faces have passed through the door. Lost our beloved Beardie, Katie, last November to cancer. It stung, doesn't it always? One of the cool things about this board, everybody here is a compassionate rescue person...it's nice to find folks who share that kind of regard for the critters.
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