Animal altruism: Friendship in the animal world

[@citizen3902]

The LOVE at the Funny Farm is palatable! If only humans would allow themselves to feel less defensive and more loving, what a world this would be!

[@reneastle8447]

Then let's allow ourselves to feel less defensive and more loving right now.

[@spenfor1598]

Absolutely!!!!! 💕 This place is magical!!!!!!! 🧚 I could live here!!!!!! 🥰 Yes Heaven On Earth for sure!!!!! 🎆🙏💖

[@janetpattison8474]

I think u mean palpable, as in u can feel it. Palatable is related to taste. 🌸🌷❤️🌷🌸

[@tana5098]

So true. We need to conquer less and spend more time loving one another as Jesus commands us to do. 🙏🌷🌻💞💞⛪️

[@CountryBird]

Laurie Zaleski serves as a role model for what compassion and harmony can produce - Inner peace.

[@kathysanchez5945]

There needs to be more sanctuaries like this in this world!!! Blessings to her and her rescued family!!!

[@lewstone5430]

Yes, for humans.

[@randymcdaniel1244]

Wà

[@msmarisadenise]

That would be great!

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

This is a wonderful lesson for people!

[@mortalclown3812]

This isn't as rare a scenario as they're making it out to be. Leslie could have done a great service by bringing the this up: it's happening all over the planet.

[@KailReeves]

My dad works on this farm closely with Laurie. So, when people ask where/how my dad is. I'm suddenly in an awkward position, I tell them that he's living his best life on a farm out of state.

[@mmw5656]

Nothing awkward about that….that’s a dream. Good for him.

[@WeAreNotGoingBackEver]

😂

[@elisemiller13]

@@mmw5656 Except if she mentions the Name of the farm. Where's your dad? Oh he's at the Funny Farm! Haha!

[@annsmith7207]

Laurie Zelensky and her Funny Farm are a fabulous example of animal rescue at its best. Thank you so much for the work you do !

[@this1wisechic]

it's Laurie Zeleski. no Zelensky.

[@annsmith7207]

And to your poor grammar: It’s “not” rather than “no” Get over yourself !

[@sharonmickey4566]

They don't have ego.... they love with their hearts... it's pretty simple.

[@TuckerSP2011]

My cat absolutely loved my two dogs and was devastated when they died one after the other. Interspecies friendships are real.

[@chrisshell6178]

My family has 4 cats and 1 dog. The 1 gray cat absolutely loves the dog and vice versa... they always are cuddling up/licking each other. They are like Batman and Robin lol

[@antoinettetoscano8278]

My daughter in law took me here a while back with my grandson. The Funny Farm is a wonderful place.

[@laurens.7510]

I am generally not a jealous person but I am envious that you got to visit here. Really seems like a transformative experience.

[@hondaphan4172]

@@laurens.7510 I live 30 minutes away from it and I've been there a handful of times with my wife. Her love and compassion for the multitude of various animals roaming the place is truly remarkable. She could never handle such a crazy load by herself but she has a group of volunteers who do it for their love of animals. We feel lucky to have such quick access to this little piece of Heaven.

[@forveterans49]

What a great story. I am never surprised at how other animal species get a long together. Such a beautiful place to be around.

[@jenniferriggin8976]

That's why I hang out at the dog parks. Animals are so unconditionally happy.

[@lynnyhen]

This story is why I've been watching Sunday Morning for over 40 years!

[@mjohn9199]

Anybody that has been around animals, knew they grieve when they lose a companion.

[@lyndahammond8883]

I love this story! The Animal Farm residents and their Lady are so cool! What a lovely place for life to heal, to bond, and to love. This is a "Heaven On Earth" oasis. Much gratitude to the life saver who loves and owns the Animal Farm, this safe space, the sanctuary, the wonderful home for a beautiful great big family!

[@jeremychristofferson7129]

Very positive segment. A quote from the video and valuable message for humanity. "I think you see this in captivity so often because these animals (apex predators) are taken care of. They're not competing for food. They're not stressed. So, they have this luxury of being able to be social with other animals."

[@linguaphile42]

Excellent! You took it to the next level!

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Yes..."in a 'perfect' world"...but that world has flown. We're still working on destroying it. It's only going to get worse as the population grows, and the planet becomes an unsustainable one for us and every other living thing.

[@amiralions2681]

The same rule generally applies to the human mammal (animal). In my limited travels around the planet it plays out the same; the less money, assets and positive interactions a group of humans have the more violent. More money, resources and positive mental stimulation(especially when young) the more peaceful. Of course poorer neighborhoods will have peaceful people and the richer neighborhoods will have violent people but in general the rule holds just like in the animal kingdom.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

I was trying to think how to say this while reading through the comments. You said it perfectly.

[@CFGossettAbbasHealingArts]

If my husband would let me, I'd turn our 4+ acres of property into a sanctuary but I don't have that luxury at the moment. I pray that will change one day. Until then, I'll enjoy our chickens and cats to the fullest. Thank you for sharing this story. It's an inspration.

[@cap439]

Moving story ... and a great example of how to live in harmony ...

[@briandickinson664]

This has to be the best story this year, if not ever. Love this!

[@captinundies6049]

Lmfao.

[@SpectreTIG]

She is Truely a Shepard of lost Souls. God Bless Her. Heart Warming to see. 🙂

[@roylalkin8223]

this woman is an angel

[@patriciabeller64]

I want more positive stories like this from the MSM!! I can barely read or watch the news anymore because we are constantly bombarded with the bad stuff that underscores our differences. John Krasinski once had a channel called GOOD NEWS! that I loved--bring more of this our way!

[@reneastle8447]

One good thing we can learn from the bad stuff is to create major solutions to them.

[@SlayerofFiction]

250k views in 9 months suggests these kinds of stories don't sell, Mr Beast gets that many views in an hour. I love these Sunday morning shows as they are the last of a wholesome America, but they are going away as Humans look for more shock media, more instant gratification and entertainment at their fingertips. It gets worse from here.

[@musicsansnotes]

Power to this wonderful woman. Her heart ❤ is huge.

[@michaeld.williamsiii9026]

As a “huge animal lover” this makes me smile so brightly. So much, more needed in this world, I’m putting this, on my bucket list. 🧡🙏🏾🧡 Ah I got tears nearly!!

[@GodsArtGallery111]

Same here! God Bless ❤️

[@vivavasquez]

a truly beautiful person .

[@mcm8737]

And that's why , I like animals more than people.

[@wildcat.7834]

Me too.

[@TT-js4jn]

What a beautiful heart she has. We can learn so much from animals

[@andyroo9381]

All animals are like humans in a different form. They have the same wants, needs and emotions are any human being on earth.

[@yayansung7487]

Human beings always want more, greedy. Animals are content with full stomachs

[@forveterans49]

I always consider animals as 'sentient beings' like us.

[@liambenyamin5482]

Life as the blessing a female animates all of existence with. Emotions are the miracle of life.

[@BlueGoat682]

@JoeBidenIsTrash 1 Exactly... we're just on a different level. Living their best lives because of the kindness and compassion of this special woman.

[@CAT-ig4fj]

You’re ABSOLUTELY correct 😊

[@scottreal7787]

All I know is a pet, next to a spouse, is a necessity. Unfortunately I've never been blessed with a spouse but have had many pets. My cat Tobie is 7. I was in a automobile accident in 2019. That little cat sat next to me the whole time I was healing.

[@eatpigsnot]

a spouse is not a necessity. being married is not an accomplishment or crazier yet an obligation

[@wildcat.7834]

@@eatpigsnot Exactly,sometimes being married is more of a nightmare.Animals are loyal companions and they love you unconditionally.I don't think many spouses love their partners that much.

[@sandragreen9560]

@@eatpigsnot You are right, but What is that old saw - a loving mate brings twice the joy and half the sorrow . . . Food for thought . . .

[@laurens.7510]

...or more important than a spouse. I live quite well without the one I had. Thank you very much.

[@daren9942]

@@wildcat.7834 As nd animals don't judge you or critize you! I live with 3 wonderful cats! They are my Best Buds! All rescues! 🥰🤗🐈‍⬛🐈🐈

[@johannedillworth7413]

Now that is my idea of Paradise! What a wonderful place!

[@the1442]

More of this please ❤️🐾🌞

[@dennismorris7573]

Great this - profound congratulations to Laurie Zaleski and to her Funny Farm Rescue project in New Jersey.

[@susanstacy2493]

What a wonderful woman who is doing such great work!

[@shuffleaccount1985]

it takes a beautiful soul to do this , thank you

[@gaylecarroll2129]

Funny Farm, she is living my dream!

[@glnnchrstphr9717]

Stories like these are why CBS SUNDAY MORNING is a must watch every Sunday.

[@earlwest3502]

This is really lovely to see. Thank you so much for providing this beautiful video. They're so lovely!!!

[@sagebutterfly2]

So absolutely heartwarming!!! Just wonderful and I, too, am so grateful for Laurie and others who care so deeply for our animal brothers and sisters.

[@tobechukwuolumba7337]

Wonderful story.

[@lisamoore9888]

I just love this woman in her animals

[@thedivineenergy]

*All my best friends have been animal's! 💗*

[@AndreaCuchetto]

Animal emotions are well-documented.

[@NondescriptMammal]

Anyone who thinks they have no emotions or are not sentient, has either never owned pets or never figured out how to relate to them. It's obvious to most who have had pets and paid any attention to their behavior.

[@angellosmalefakis1321]

This is just amazing in all facets. Such a beautiful and wonderful lady giving back where it is needed. A true Mother Theresa. A true hero. Who cares about the movie star or the NBA player. This is the real, real, real star and her pets. Beautiful and incredible in all facets.

[@brooklynn52dee38]

Love! Love! Love animals!! Thank you for all you do for them!! Warms my heart!!

[@annwilson3941]

I love this woman’s work !! A testament to be the difference and make the world a better place !! Bless her! Thank you for sharing!

[@helenb4000]

Wonderful story!

[@29sagittarius51]

I absolutely adored this video! Thank you for the multiple smiles and few happy tears! Thank you!

[@laurensaul1821]

They do have emotions they are living creatures 🌻

[@glnnchrstphr9717]

Of course animals have feelings and emotions. I've seen it over and over again in my own life. If only human beings were more like the animals in this way. Our world would be a paradise instead of a war zone.

[@stephaniecannon410]

How outstanding of her and admirable and caring and loving and sweet to carry on her sweet mother's legacy. We need more like her. And her concept of friendship would end all quarrels, wars and gun violence in the world. Thank you so very much for sharing this remarkable animal farm rescue story. 😍🤩👑♥️💓❤️💞🍄🇺🇸💫💦

[@michaelkerr9942]

Such a lovely story

[@shielatv22]

I really like how this news channel do their presentation. Calm, simple but informative and entertaining.

[@laurie6123]

They DO have emotions!

[@BestFitSquareChannel]

Wonderful...

[@lynnessewimperfect825]

This is a fantastic story and place. Laurie has truly captured what we all need to do, for animals and for each other. She's got a great personality as well. May Funny Farm grow and prosper, and may all her animals stay healthy and happy.

[@adrianaros1023]

Beautiful job! 🙏🏻💫🙌🏼

[@yolandaramirez9138]

I wish I could have a life like her I love animals, wish her happiness and health to continue her beautiful life , if she needs help I love to do so 🙏🐣🐔🐶🐰🐮🐷🦆🐱🐔🙏❤️🙏

[@susannpatton2893]

God save the animals. Thank you

[@clairelee9011]

Feeding them IS important! Humans too would get along better if they didn't have to fight for basic needs.

[@jaydibernardo4320]

There's a lesson to be learned here: coexist. A lesson us humans need to put into practice.

[@janetpattison8474]

This is the sweetest story ever. Yes, animals definitely have emotions, and we all know that often they’re smarter and much more loving than people.

[@nau97]

The reason that they get along is that they don't have to compete for food AND they have no religion to cause conflicts.

[@yvonnemccullaghward361]

Of course animals have emotions.Anyone who has had a pet or lived close to an animal has seen this

[@donnafechter5843]

This is exactly what I needed to start my day.

[@Starfish2145]

Who cares about science! Animals have personalities and emotions!

[@bw5234]

Scientists need to get out of their labs more often and instead interact with actual animals.

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

What fools imagine that animals don't have emotions!? This is a wonderful place!

[@elizabethhenry9749]

Laurie is a genuinely lovely woman and her work with the animals is not just supported by donations, she also works a full time job to help keep it running. The Funny Farm is a great charity to support.

[@sharonh2991]

Anyone who has had two dogs, two cats, or a cat and a dog (etc.) knows without question that animals become attached to each other. I’ve witnessed and lived through the grief our animals felt when they lost their significant other. It would be foolish to think they don’t have at least some of the same emotions as humans (love, anger, jealousy, fear, grief).

[@katherineblakely7142]

Just beautiful. We could learn so much from them!

[@SJW-13]

Animals deserve our respect, kindness and help. I went vegan almost 16 years ago when my eyes were opened to the abuse and terror farm animals endure. And also why I don’t go to zoos, SeaWorld, horse races or anyplace that exploits them.

[@earlwest3502]

Bless you- I most heartily agree!!!

[@chrismorgan9153]

I took in another feral kitten last week. It took about 35 minutes for her to become a domestic housecat...lol. My mom told me I can't save them all. I told her I can't, but I will keep going with the ones I can save. I'm only up to a dozen so far, but those dozen now have great lives. The pay and the hours suck, but it's worth it in the end.

[@msmarisadenise]

I just love this story!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@djdollase]

Love this! Shows that if you take away the fear and insecurity any creature will naturally cooperate and love ❤️

[@FluxyMiniscus]

Whoever thinks that animals have no emotions …. Obviously never spent any meaningful time with animals. I know Horses well, and not only do they have deep emotional lives and make bonded relationships…they also are incredibly sensitive to other’s emotions, like a giant antenna. For example: Nervous riders make horses worried /anxious because they wonder what the rider is nervous about. Horse’s emotional connection with humans make them incredibly valuable in therapeutic areas- and equine therapy has become more and more common as people discover their amazingly generous presence.

[@joek.7819]

Be kind to animals and become a better humanimal.🦁🐱🐶🐶🐼

[@ranchoboomerang]

I love animals so much! This is such a great story. Thank you. ♥️

[@susannpatton2893]

Animals are way smarter than we are. If only we could lead by this example.

[@ediebaxter6194]

God bless you for saving God's animals. You are an angel. The animals on her farm are beautiful.

[@hr6334]

So happy that a place like this exists!

[@sheilabrennan4481]

Wonderful thank you for putting the focus on our beloved animals as we are losing so many.

[@Nevernormal790]

They do have emotions and mirrors our emotions as well. Animals are amazing!!

[@CAT-ig4fj]

I LOVED this segment 🥰, I wish it was in Arizona. It’s the Happiest place I could imagine.😄😄🥰

[@pamelafolger8449]

Beautiful!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@kimberlysamuel474]

I absolutely love this! There are so many lessons we can take from this. But will we? We have wounded, polarized people at each other, and heartless senseless violence...so very sad.

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

This why I'm a vegetarian My father was native American and he told me not to eat anything that has emotions or your belly will hurt from the fear they felt before they were slaughtered. He was right everytime I ate meat I got sick. Miss you Daddy.

[@lf9038]

I absolutely believe that! All the stress, all the fear before slaughter...we consume that when we eat meat.

[@lindaliestman4397]

Beautiful story. Animals so often respond and react according to human expectations of them. Henry Beston said it best: “We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.”

[@deborahalexzander2512]

ANIMALS ARE FROM THE ANGELIC RELM FOR SURE!

[@wildcat.7834]

What a lovely quote,thank you for that Linda.

[@lfrost6718]

Many thanks! Loved every moment!

[@hondaphan4172]

I live around a half hour from the Funny Farm and I've been there with my wife a handful of times...usually go once a year in the Fall since it's not as hot. What she does is amazing and she has a group of volunteers who keep everything running on a daily basis.

[@timeforthinkers7418]

No, she's NOT making it up! LOVE IS INFINITE, knows no bounds, has no limits. THIS makes my ❤ soar & sing! Blessings all around for animals and people alike. THIS is GOOD expressed & demonstrated. LOVE manifested for all to see & emulate. This wonderful woman and her family, animal & human, are what SHOULD BE for ALL.

[@Claudi771]

Nice thanks 😻

[@ceciliajunkins317]

Lion, tiger and bear were residents at Noah's Ark in Locust Grove, Ga sanctuary. Another, very calm place to visit. Monatary donations are appreciated as well as food for the animals.

[@tommieaustin6532]

This shows we all need love in our life no matter the exterior..What a beautiful story its her calling in life .altruism in full display

[@lindapeters5497]

This story was so heart warming ♥ If only human kind could be the same.

[@marvinmartion1178]

Maybe this can explain why so many hate and have fear in the far right. They've been taught or conditioned to feel and believe that way?

[@susieb4992]

She’s a hero! ❤️

[@moniqueosby7709]

I 💗 animals. The Funny Farm is my dream life⭐🌌...and one day my dream will come true🙌🦨🐿️🐭🦆🐴🐷

[@MissLibertarian]

Just ask an animal what and why; plenty of us speak English. Do animals have hormones? What happens when those hormones vary? Just ask. Any scientist who denies animal feelings as unproven has no business in science. Further, most species that have altruistic members, benefit from having them. It indicates that their parenting instincts, for example, produces some super parents.

[@LindaCasey]

💞💞 This is how heaven will look to ME ..

[@1wookieman]

What a wonderful story. ANIMALS ROCK!!!

[@luccamartin8197]

This woman is doing something wonderful and altruistic for the most helpless and innocent of creatures!! We need more kind and compassionate people like her rather than all the selfish and callous narcissists that we have now!!!!

[@Cwgrlup]

Animals are so much smarter and kinder than humans. We need more happy, loving stories like this from the media.