The ***** is a hero and the mother's a *****

[DemoChristian]

As an animal lover, this made me smile. As a parent (and a decent human being), the situation that led to this made me furious.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/22/argentina.dog.tale/index.html

(CNN) -- A dog sheltered a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday.

A resident of a rural area outside La Plata called police late Wednesday night to say that he had heard the baby crying in a field behind his house.

The man went outside and found the infant lying beside the dog and its six newborn puppies, said Daniel Salcedo, chief of police of the Province of Buenos Aires.

The temperature was a chilly 37 degrees, Salcedo said.

The dog had apparently carried the baby 50 meters from where his mother had abandoned him to where the puppies were huddled, police said...

 

[DemoChristian]

Thank you. I hate headline writing, because I'm extremely hit or miss. Usually, what I think is great everyone else says is terrible.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Great headline. And I love this story. There's something about animals that are nursing that makes them willing to break instinct. You're always reading about a cat that's nursing puppies or a dog nursing tigers.

Am I the only one who left that story wanting to know how the dog transported the baby? Did she drag it by clothing it was wearing? Pick it up by the arm?

 

[Colton]

Thanks, DC. And that headline kicks ass.

 

[Jay Sherman]

Best headline of the week. Kudos, DC.