Entertaining: this is a video that circulates through social networks in which an anguished moment lived by a goat in an Arab market, when its owner decided to take it to market it in said space.
The audiovisual, which does not last more than 20 seconds, shows the moment in which the animal begins to cry and bleat with great feelingwhile with his head on his owner’s shoulder, he tries to hug him, as if he sensed the separation he was going to experience.
After the publication of the video, it has aroused great interest on the part of Internet users, in such a way that it has been taken up by various international media around the world, awakening the reflections of thousands of people regarding the feeling and affection of animals towards their owners.
According to international media, the video, broadcast by the Twitter account of @ram_vegan, since last Friday, and regarding which no recording date or geographical location is known, would have occurred during a event called Eid Ul Adha, or festival of sacrificepopular in Arab towns, so it is presumed that the animal, whose sale was finally carried out, would have been the subject of a special ceremony by a family or community.
After the publication, some users, in response to the same publication, have expressed their surprise at the reaction shown by the animal and the way in which it expresses its affection for its owner, criticizing in turn like this, despite what the animal exhibited, he would have persisted in his interest in marketing itwarning that this gesture makes the animals “soul hurt” by separation.
Because the video, broadcast through social networks, is obviously edited, a situation that is evidenced by the background music, it arouses even greater impact among Internet users, when they see the moment in which the goat expresses its laments, while the owner hugs it.
Towards the end of the video you can see the moment in which the owner receives the payment for the animal, because he is seen counting bills, handed out by a man in light blue attire.
According to a study revealed in 2018, and carried out in the United Kingdom, more precisely inside a goat sanctuary, experts in animal behavior were able to identify that, like human beings, goats “also feel empathy.”
The results of this study were released at the time through a specialized medium known as Royal Societyin which the conclusions also state that this animal species has the ability to differentiate between human facial expressions.
According to that publication, the study included the participation of 35 goats, which following getting used to sharing with humans, began to show reactions to human stimuli, especially to ‘happy faces’ of their caregivers.
Recently, another story was also known that reflects the love of animals for their owners; beyond the animals that are usually considered domestic such as dogs and cats, and that includes the situation that a fighting cock is currently going through in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Boliviawhere the bird, now known as ‘doctor rooster’, has been staying for two years outside a cancer center where it was admitted and where its owner died, during one of the most difficult stages of the pandemic.
According to vendors in the area of influence of the cancer center, the rooster has become the mascot of the inhabitants and patients of the place, having turned one of the trees on the street into their sleeping suite, while during the day it becomes the companion of vendors, patients and clinic workers.
According to the story collected by Bolivian media, the animal has been waiting for its owner to leave the clinic for more than two years; however, she died a few days following arriving at the scene.