I had tears of joy in my eyes after seeing this. The only sad thing is, elephants can live to be in their 60's and dogs maybe early teens so even though I don't know the ages of these wonderful friends, when Bella passes on, I hope Tara can find a new best friend and won't die of a broken heart. Elephants are my favorite animal and God bless the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

Posted by: Rex's Mom | January 13, 2009 05:47 PM

wow! it is so nice to see these amazing animals happy! thanks for sharing the video!

Posted by: kris shulfer | January 13, 2009 07:11 PM

I cried, I hate ringling brothers. People should never attend circuses with wild animals. What we do to them for sole entertainment is cruel and inhumane

Posted by: roxanen | January 13, 2009 11:03 PM

I LOVE this video!

Posted by: Kendra | January 13, 2009 11:03 PM

positively love this
non humans have more humanity than most humans
non humans are truly sublime.

Posted by: Simara | January 14, 2009 02:08 AM

We're all the same: Emotional beings under the same sun,in the same boat,& we all have the right to live.

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Posted by: Stephane Le Clair | January 14, 2009 02:37 AM

This video made my day! There is so much to learn from both of these wonderful creatures.

Posted by: Michael Essi | January 14, 2009 07:10 AM

that's so sweet and wonderful!

Posted by: Puja | January 14, 2009 08:07 AM

How moving, it's heart breaking to think how terrible elephants are treated by man and how they are capable of emotions so similar to our own!

Posted by: Maureen | January 14, 2009 09:37 AM

I saw this video first on the Ellen Show and brought me to tears.

Posted by: NT | January 14, 2009 10:58 AM

Absolutely beautiful!

Please check out these links I got from Action for Animals on cows destined for slaughter who did a Houdini...

http://invisiblevoices.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/heidi-the-cow-who-saved-herself/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uKhp9B2M5I

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | January 14, 2009 11:30 AM

Holy crap. Oh man. Best thing I've seen in awhile.

Posted by: CN | January 14, 2009 12:17 PM

omg that was sooooo cute. i cryed a little. i love animals

Posted by: k | January 14, 2009 05:07 PM

Gosh so cute, love it great work Elephant Sanctuary, and dog, home too

Posted by: christina | January 14, 2009 11:10 PM

That was so beautiful if we could all just be a little more like them=)

Posted by: Charlene | January 15, 2009 08:34 PM

tears of happiness run down my face... so wonderfull

Posted by: Kitsuna | January 15, 2009 11:55 PM

I learnt about the Elephant Sanctuary several years ago and have visited their website almost every day since to follow the progress of the elephants. It's wonderful to see them come from such miserable conditions to an environment where they are free to do as they wish and where they can finally be happy. The bonds they form with their fellow elephants (and clearly the other species at the sanctuary) is heartwarming to see. The staff seem so patient with the animals and the work they do is amazing.

In the UK I campaign against a circus that has the last elephant and although she is 'retired' she is still chained and confined to a tiny enclosure when she's not being paraded around the ring for photo opportunities with the public. Her owners maintain they love her but if they truly did they'd want to see her in a place like the Elephant Sanctuary where she could experience the next best thing to being in the wild.

Posted by: Lorna | January 16, 2009 10:53 AM

That was one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

Posted by: Miranda | January 16, 2009 01:03 PM

I just watched this video for the first time and my heart just melted at the sight of these two and the friendship they share. What further proof could we possibly need in order to recognize the sentience of animals?

Posted by: David | January 18, 2009 11:39 PM

This video broke my heart in a good way. Not only do we need to stop violence towards other humans but towards other species.

Posted by: Laura | January 20, 2009 12:51 PM

Awesome. I've been arguing with an animal tester that animals have feelings and can suffer. She says different .This proves my point

Posted by: Chris | January 31, 2009 04:14 PM

Such a beautiful video. A perfect display of deep emotions that develop between animals. They feel for one another just as humans do. That is a something that a lot of people still have to learn unfortunately.

Posted by: PEGGY | February 7, 2009 01:01 AM

Very heartwarming story. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Bobbie | February 9, 2009 12:04 PM