Hero on four paws: dog leads motorcyclists to abandoned baby

A Filipino motorcyclist is led to an abandoned baby by a dog.

The dog is later celebrated as a hero.

Philippines - Junrell Fuentes Revilla was amazed when he discovered an abandoned baby in the mountains.

But the Philippine did not come there by accident - a dog running freely led him to the abandoned child.

Animal welfare organizations rewarded the attentive dog for his rescue operation (* FR reported).

It was actually a relatively ordinary day in the life of Junrell Fuentes Revilla as he

rode

his

through the Cebu Mountains.

But the

had a pursuer.

A stray ran after him incessantly.

Revilla became aware of the

and guessed that it wasn't following him by accident.

He seemed to want to tell him something.

Baby rescue: Netz celebrates dogs for their courage

Revilla then stopped and took a closer look at the

.

This looked very excited and apparently wanted to show the man something, as

reported by

.

The

then followed him

to the

the

to find a

that someone had apparently simply

.

The stunned man

immediately

took the

to the nearest police station, where social workers took care of the child.

In the

many users showed relief at the discovery of the

.

Many

users commented “Can I adopt the baby?” Or thanked the

for its brave efforts.

Animal welfare organizations like

initially assumed

the

was a lonely stray, but quickly discovered that it had owners.

To thank him for his brave work, the

organization gave him

dog food.

A bitch in the US state of Mania behaved in a similarly heroic manner.

A Labrador bitch barked there until people became aware of her life-threatening accident owner.

* FR