deer and rabbit friendship - this is soooo cute

omg i have never seen anything so adorable!

They actually look related as well

it's cute but the story is so very sad

I can't look at the pictures anymore without wanting to cry.

Whats the story?

there are more pics here incl. the rabbit making a nest and stuff.

http://www.tanja-askani.de/info/?p=18

i think the story is they were split up and the deer went to live with other deer but whilst it was anaesthetised the rabbit was seen to be saying goodbye.

i found this:

The pictures weren't staged. The accompanying German text on these pages explains how the fawn's mother was killed shortly before it's birth and the fawn was then raised in a rural town with help from townspeople (this part is not so clearly explained). The wild rabbit showed up one day. At first the two just grazed in the same area and after a while got closer until they became "friends". They grazed together and kept each other company the whole day, the rabbit built a nest next to the deer instead of burrowing and other cute stuff like that. The author (who is also the photographer) mentions that the two could have formed this friendship to be able to better protect themselves from predators by warning each other and also the deer helped the rabbit have easier access to food in the winter.

The rest of the story is available here in German.
http://www.tanja-askani.de/info/?p=18

Spoiler:
Eventually when the fawn was old enough it was sent to a park where it would be released into the wild. The second to last picture shown here, shows how after the fawn had been anesthetized for easier transport and despite strange humans being around, the rabbit went up to the deer and supported its sleepy head "as if it were saying goodbye"

The fawn was orpahned and raised by some towns folk, and one day the wild rabbit appeared. The rabbit built a nest above ground to sleep with the fawn instead of burrowing. they were best friends for ages, always grazing together, and all sorts
Then when the fawn was old enough they sent it to a park to be released back into the wild, to do that they had to put him to sleep....,even though there were loads of people around "the rabbit went up to the deer and supported its sleepy head as if it were saying goodbye"
Not long after the deer had gone they found the rabbit dead

This is the story in german...
http://www.tanja-askani.de/info/?p=18

oh no! i didn't know the last bit that is so sad. i am blubbing like an idiot now.

yeah exactly... We have a german girl staying with us and she translated it for me a while back when I first saw the pictures!

OMG I am crying .... such a lovely but sad story/photos xx

I love these pictures :luv: That story is sweet but so sad

OMG I can feel my eye's pricking and I just did my make-up. That is so sweet and so sad at the same time.

Beautiful photography though.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv: :luv:

I posted a link to this photographer a while ago, but it was all in German, so I didn't know what it said, although I knew the photos weren't staged.

I thought they were just gorgeous. If you click into the other folders there are some wonderful shots of animals running.

OMG thats so sad

Thats so sad Im sitting in court now trying not to cry in front of everyone

Kipper wrote:Thats so sad Im sitting in court now trying not to cry in front of everyone

My goodness Criminal Justice is getting soft!!! TVs in courtrooms!!