Instead Of Barking, These Dogs Rush To Greet Their Favorite Mailman (24 New Pics)

For many dogs, the sound of the mail carrier arriving is enough to trigger a chorus of barking. But for one Brazilian mailman, every delivery is an opportunity to make a new four-legged friend instead.

When we last featured Brazilian mail carrier Angelo Cristiano da Silva Antunes, better known online as the "Animal-friendly Postman", readers were introduced to the remarkable friendships he has formed with the dogs along his delivery route. But those encounters are far more than charming snapshots. After years of delivering mail to the same neighborhoods in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Antunes has become a familiar face to hundreds of animals, many of whom now wait for him with wagging tails, eager smiles, and an unmistakable excitement that challenges one of the oldest stereotypes about mail carriers.

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