Mr. G and Jellybean: A Burro And Goat Best Friends Story

[Monroe]

For anyone that missed this story over the last few days ... it's sort of sad but with a happy ending.

 

The unlikely pair spent a decade in a 12-by-12 dirt plot with little food and water with no shade, shed or barn.

 

They were rescued from a life of neglect in Southern California, but they were split up and sent to different sanctuaries.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv2OGph5Kec

 

 

A Goat Ends His Hunger Strike After Reuniting with His Donkey Best Friend

 

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/05/27/mr-g-and-jellybean-an-burro-and-goat-love-story-taking-the-internet-by-storm/

 

05/27/2014

 

A goat named Mr. G received the surprise of his life recently when he was reunited with his best friend, a donkey named Jellybean.

 

The pair's inspiring friendship began when they lived together for years in the menagerie of a hoarder; after her brood was taken away from her, Mr. G and Jellybean were split up between two different sanctuaries.

 

Mr. G was taken to California's Animal Place, where the owners soon noted his emotional distress. The buck sat in his pen all day, refusing to eat or even move.

 

Tests revealed there was nothing medically wrong with him – Mr G's only disease was loneliness.

 

After four days of Mr. G's unofficial hunger strike, Animal Place realized something needed to be done. The sanctuary workers contacted their counterparts and asked if they could take Jellybean in as well. The donkey arrived three days later.

 

Upon seeing his pal again, the goat instantly perked up, but as Animal Place described, "It was only when he smelled Jellybean's unique scent that Mr. G realized the truth – his dearest friend had returned!"

 

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Google

 

http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=Mr.+G+and+Jellybean&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1

Edited May 30, 2014 by monroe

[Flasche]

For anyone that missed this story over the last few days ... it's sort of sad but with a happy ending.

 

The unlikely pair spent a decade in a 12-by-12 dirt plot with little food and water with no shade, shed or barn.

 

They were rescued from a life of neglect in Southern California, but they were split up and sent to different sanctuaries.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv2OGph5Kec

 

 

A Goat Ends His Hunger Strike After Reuniting with His Donkey Best Friend

 

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/05/27/mr-g-and-jellybean-an-burro-and-goat-love-story-taking-the-internet-by-storm/

 

05/27/2014

 

A goat named Mr. G received the surprise of his life recently when he was reunited with his best friend, a donkey named Jellybean.

 

The pair's inspiring friendship began when they lived together for years in the menagerie of a hoarder; after her brood was taken away from her, Mr. G and Jellybean were split up between two different sanctuaries.

 

Mr. G was taken to California's Animal Place, where the owners soon noted his emotional distress. The buck sat in his pen all day, refusing to eat or even move.

 

Tests revealed there was nothing medically wrong with him – Mr G's only disease was loneliness.

 

After four days of Mr. G's unofficial hunger strike, Animal Place realized something needed to be done. The sanctuary workers contacted their counterparts and asked if they could take Jellybean in as well. The donkey arrived three days later.

 

Upon seeing his pal again, the goat instantly perked up, but as Animal Place described, "It was only when he smelled Jellybean's unique scent that Mr. G realized the truth – his dearest friend had returned!"

 

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Google

 

http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=Mr.+G+and+Jellybean&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1

 

That is such a nice story. Glad too hear it too. Thanks Monroe for posting it here.

[bphlpt]

Thanks indeed.  My wife and I both loved that piece.
 
For easy access:
 

 
Cheers and Regards Edited May 30, 2014 by bphlpt

[Monroe]

Thanks bphlpt for making the "easy access" link ... I don't know a lot about posting video links. That's much better.

 

I could have watched another 10 minutes of the reunion ... the sad part is that they endured 10 years of scarce food and water with no shelter to speak of, they just had each other to help get through those trying times.

 

Looks like now they can spend their final years together in a much nicer place. This is from the Animal Place website ... it's good there are places like this, not all animals get so lucky. 

 

"Instead of placing the two up for adoption, Animal Place welcomed Mr. G and Jellybean as permanent residents at our 600-acre Grass Valley sanctuary. Their story will live on, inspiring and teaching visitors about nonhuman emotions."

 

http://animalplace.org/mr-g-and-jellybean-united

 

5/29/2014 -The response to Mr. G and Jellybean's friendship has been phenomenal. Nearly 4 million people have viewed the video and shared it across the globe. They are international sensations! On May 28th, 2014 Mr. G and Jellybean moved up from our 60-acre Rescue Ranch adoption center to our 600-acre permanent sanctuary in Grass Valley where they will live out their lives.

 

On a warm May day, a 10-yr old goat named Mr. G arrived to Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch adoption center. For a decade he lived with a burro on the property of a woman who could barely care for herself, let alone the dozens of dogs she hoarded and three barnyard animals.

 

Animal Place was one of two sanctuaries offering to help the goat and burro when they were confiscated…but we could only take in the goat, and the other sanctuary could only take the burro. The two were separated in order to save their lives. We didn’t know the depth of their bond.

 

Mr. G arrived stressed from his eight hour transport. Rescue Ranch staff allowed him his solitude.

 

Mr. G refused to eat. He spent his days lying in a corner of his stall, barely lifting his head. Staff tried every treat  – molasses, sweet grain, apples, wetting down food…nothing worked.

 

Staff physically moved Mr. G to ensure he didn’t spend too long lying down.

 

After health exams revealed nothing physically, it became evident Mr. G was in mourning, assuming his friend Jellybean had disappeared forever. He was inconsolable. After four days of starving himself, drastic actions were taken to help Mr. G.

 

It was time for Jellybean to come home.

 

It would take an additional three days but soon Mr. G and Jellybean were reunited.

 

When Jellybean entered Mr. G’s stall, he could not believe his eyes. In fact, he did a double-take! It was only when he smelled Jellybean’s unique scent that Mr. G realized the truth – his dearest friend had returned!

 

Mr. G erupted from his prone position, snorting and inhaling Jellybean’s presence. He rushed after her into their outdoor pasture. The magical moment came when Mr. G began eating from Jellybean’s bowl!

 

Never doubt the depth of emotions other animals possess. Mr. G’s grief was as deep and mysterious as a human’s. His joy at reuniting with Jellybean was as beautiful and inspiring as a human’s.

 

Instead of placing the two up for adoption, Animal Place welcomed Mr. G and Jellybean as permanent residents at our 600-acre Grass Valley sanctuary. Their story will live on, inspiring and teaching visitors about nonhuman emotions.

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Edited May 30, 2014 by monroe

[bphlpt]

Thanks bphlpt for making the "easy access" link ... I don't know a lot about posting video links. That's much better.

You're quite welcome.

 

I find that often the easiest way to learn how to do stuff on forums is to examine other people's posts and see how they did it. One way I do that is to quote the post I'm interested in, then toggle the "BBCODE" button in the edit box. The BBCODE button is the little button right above the bold "B" button at the upper left of the edit box. That will change the view of the content of the edit box back and forth from "WYSIWYG" mode to "BBCODE" mode which exposes the BBCODE of the post so you can see what is going on "behind the scenes". You can enter and edit your own content in the edit box in either mode, whichever you are more comfortable with, but there are some occasions that you can do things in BBCODE mode that you sometimes can't do, or at least can't do easily, in WYSIWYG mode, such as copying the content including formatting commands to a different text editor for further editing, for example. It is also sometimes a very handy way for cleaning up a post.  FYI, many boards offer this "dual mode" editing, but it is usually hidden away, like it is here on this board with an unmarked button with no tool tip.

Cheers and Regards

[Monroe]

bphlpt ... again thanks for the instructions. Have saved them and will try everything out if I come across another interesting video someday. Good to know all this.

 

[bphlpt]

Sure. And just so you, and others can see what I meant, here is a copy of my post above in BBCODE mode: ( I added extra spaces to keep the board software from automatically converting it to WYSIWYG mode.)
 

[ quote name="bphlpt" post="1079222" timestamp="1401417582" ]Thanks indeed.  My wife and I both loved that piece. For easy access: https: // www.youtube.com/ watch?v=bv2OGph5Kec Cheers and Regards[ /quote ]

 
Cheers and Regards

Edited May 30, 2014 by bphlpt