This Girl And Her Dog Just Saved A Mom Goat With Her Baby, And It’s The Sweetest Thing You’ll See Today
Meet 11-year-old Hamdü Sena Bilgin and her dog Tomi, who just became heroes after saving a mother goat and her baby. The girl lives in a small village outside the city of Rize, in Turkey. Her family runs a small farm where they raise goats for their milk. Hamdü Sena, along with Tomi the dog who is always by her side, are goatherds – they protect and guide the animals. One day when she was herding the sheep on a snowy hillside far away from home, the girl found one of the animals in labor. Hamdü Sena was afraid that the goat and her baby would be too weak to make it back on their own, so she did something really clever.
“After the goat gave birth, I led the rest of the herd back to the farm,” Hamdü Sena told The Dodo. “Then I grabbed two backpacks from the house and went back to the goat and her baby with Tomi.” The girl took the mother goat on her back, and put the baby in Tomi’s backpack. They safely returned them home. The pictures were taken by the girl’s 15-year-old brother.
Hamdü Sena modestly commented: “The snow was so thick, I was exhausted,” she said . “But it was worth it.” The story went viral, with people all over the world praising the girl, saying she embodies love for the animals.
(h/t: thedodo)
Meet 11-year-old shepherd Hamdü Sena Bilgin and her dog Tomi, who just became heroes
One day when she was herding the sheep on a snowy hillside far away from home…
A goat went into labour. The girl worried the mother and her baby wouldn’t make it
So she did something clever. “After the goat gave birth, I led the rest of the herd back to the farm”
“Then I grabbed two backpacks from the house and went back to the goat and her baby”
The girl took the mother goat on her back, and put the baby in Tomi’s backpack
They safely returned home. “The snow was so thick, I was exhausted… But it was worth it”
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I'm from Turkey, born and raised.. Turkey has never been an easy country to live in, and I'm talking about more than 1000 years.. When people ask me, why I still have faith in Turkish people and the nation, I show them people like this. Thank you for making me proud and bringing tear to my eyes, Sena..
I am from Turkey too. This makes me so proud.
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What a wonderful girl and intelligent fur friend.Both beautiful,inside and out.
There is a resilience in people like this, because there has to be. It's a matter of survival that many people of privilege can't grasp. The hardest thing many american 11 year olds will have to do today is turn off the Xbox
So, it's all robots doing all the work in American rural settings? Many 11 yo's from everywhere around the world does similar stuff. It's the urban elite that doesn't. I'm Turkish, never had to herd anything. It's not about locality, it's about social class.
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Comment from my 10 year old daughter: She is such an amazing girl! I wish I was her. Her dog is also pretty amazing!
She is such an angel!! And so so beautiful too, yes, inside and outside!
Only amazing people do amazing things. Saving anyone (human or not) is absolutely the best, wonderful, normal, humane, ethical thing to do. That's why I always wandered why our parents (otherwise great people) thought us to love some animals but eat, wear and use others like vegetables?????
She is not only amazing, but a very beautiful young girl both inside and out. The world is so much better because of young people like her. There is hope.
What a lovely and wonderful young woman. Her parents must be so proud. Also good dog 😻
Why does it say 'herding sheep' twice when there were no sheep? I think you mean herding goats!
The kid/baby first poking its head out of the dog's backpack just made my day
Ithink this is the most sweetest thingIve seen iam happy 4 everyone the goats the lovely dog an the pretty girl keep going ,god bless.
Beautiful story and quite the accomplishment for a young girl and her faithful companion 😊
The goat kid on the dog's backpack looks soo cute...great work done by the doggy too!
hum...so the dog had to pick up baby goat in a backpack? Then who exactly is taking the pictures? A deer who was passing by? :D
Uhm... why didn't the guy who made the pictures just give her a hand! XD
But why is she herding in such a big snow? Do the goats find any food in that snow??
This is how her family makes a living. Both of those goats are worth a substantial amount of money over the course of their lives. Even if the kid is male, he's for the table.
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well, teh text says, the Family is raising goats for their milk...but even if they are raising goats for their milk, isn´t it better to live a Little and then die than be Born and freeze to death?
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I'm from Turkey, born and raised.. Turkey has never been an easy country to live in, and I'm talking about more than 1000 years.. When people ask me, why I still have faith in Turkish people and the nation, I show them people like this. Thank you for making me proud and bringing tear to my eyes, Sena..
I am from Turkey too. This makes me so proud.
Load More Replies... What a wonderful girl and intelligent fur friend.Both beautiful,inside and out.
There is a resilience in people like this, because there has to be. It's a matter of survival that many people of privilege can't grasp. The hardest thing many american 11 year olds will have to do today is turn off the Xbox
So, it's all robots doing all the work in American rural settings? Many 11 yo's from everywhere around the world does similar stuff. It's the urban elite that doesn't. I'm Turkish, never had to herd anything. It's not about locality, it's about social class.
Load More Replies... Comment from my 10 year old daughter: She is such an amazing girl! I wish I was her. Her dog is also pretty amazing!
She is such an angel!! And so so beautiful too, yes, inside and outside!
Only amazing people do amazing things. Saving anyone (human or not) is absolutely the best, wonderful, normal, humane, ethical thing to do. That's why I always wandered why our parents (otherwise great people) thought us to love some animals but eat, wear and use others like vegetables?????
She is not only amazing, but a very beautiful young girl both inside and out. The world is so much better because of young people like her. There is hope.
What a lovely and wonderful young woman. Her parents must be so proud. Also good dog 😻
Why does it say 'herding sheep' twice when there were no sheep? I think you mean herding goats!
The kid/baby first poking its head out of the dog's backpack just made my day
Ithink this is the most sweetest thingIve seen iam happy 4 everyone the goats the lovely dog an the pretty girl keep going ,god bless.
Beautiful story and quite the accomplishment for a young girl and her faithful companion 😊
The goat kid on the dog's backpack looks soo cute...great work done by the doggy too!
hum...so the dog had to pick up baby goat in a backpack? Then who exactly is taking the pictures? A deer who was passing by? :D
Uhm... why didn't the guy who made the pictures just give her a hand! XD
But why is she herding in such a big snow? Do the goats find any food in that snow??
This is how her family makes a living. Both of those goats are worth a substantial amount of money over the course of their lives. Even if the kid is male, he's for the table.
Load More Replies... well, teh text says, the Family is raising goats for their milk...but even if they are raising goats for their milk, isn´t it better to live a Little and then die than be Born and freeze to death?
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