Photos: Dog Adopts an Abandoned Chimpanzee as Her Own

Mama mastiff with her adopted baby.
Photo via lifewithdogs.tv

An amazing series of pictures on lifewithdogs.tv shows yet another example in which a dog has shown a boundless capacity for love, one that extends beyond her own species:

Two years ago in a Russian zoo a female chimpanzee abandoned her baby. When one of the employees of the zoo took the little chimpanzee home it never crossed her mind that her dog, a mastiff, would become a mother for the orphan chimpanzee and treat the cute little baby as her own child.

Click here to see the whole series of photos. It will make your day.