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Touching Video of Black Lab Braving Traffic to Sit Beside Pal Fatally Struck by Car

Touching Video of Black Lab Braving Traffic to Sit Beside Pal Fatally Struck by Car

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Los Angeles animal control officials are praising the loyalty of a black Labrador retriever after heart-wrenching footage emerged Saturday showing it refusing to leave the side of another dog killed by a car.

According to KABC-TV, a driver in La Puente, Calif. saw the two dogs in the street and put down traffic cones to alert other motorists. Video the driver shot shows a yellow dog lying motionless on the ground with the black lab sitting close by as cars whiz past.

“When I saw the video clip taken by a passerby’s cellphone, I became emotional,” said Marcia Mayeda, director of the L.A. County animal shelter in Baldwin Park, according to LAist.

Shelter staff have named the 2-year-old lab “Grace” and said even though she looks well-cared for, no one has come to claim her so she’s now up for adoption.

Watch the touching video below (content warning – images may be upsetting):

Comments (182)

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:09pm

    Islam designates dogs as filthy and evil.. Yet Islam would throw their own mother or daughter into oncoming traffic for a perceived slight of their ideas of ‘honor’.

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  • cranberry
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:00pm

    And by the way, this is not a touching story BLAZE writers, are you kidding me? Its sad and tragic and horrific. What if it were humans in this video? Just because they are animals doesn’t make this touching, Blaze writers. OMG. I think I can tell how you writers feel about animals just from the storyline. Find some compassion for all creatures.

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    • Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:14pm

      @Ctanberry, get a heart and a job!! Maybe that‘s why you don’t have a job!!

      God bless them dogs, that true loyality

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    • Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:21pm

      @Cranberry.. Get a heart, and a job!! Maybe that‘s why you don’t have a job!

      This is a true example of loyality

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 7:51pm

      Hey my dogs were my children we did everything together even got their own plate at dinner time and I cried more for the loss of my dogs then the divorce of the ex.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:25pm

      Don’t be so grouchy. It IS touching. Just like the many stories of labs who‘ve laid on their dead master’s graves and refused to leave until they die, too.

      People like loyalty. It’s a trait we highly prize in other human beings, and when we see it in an animal, especially a cute one, it’s just as powerful. You should get that.

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  • cranberry
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:58pm

    Thanks Blaze, way to make me cry on a Sunday. Crap. Hope the lab finds a good home. And I hope people take better care of their pets. Shame on both owners of these dogs. SHAMEFUL.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:19pm

      I’m with you Cranberry. I‘m more concerned about God’s creatures who show such compassion for their companions. Sure more than we human animals show for each other.
      Things like this make me cry.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:05pm

      The Blaze didnt need to show this story . It upsets a lot of people and im one of em

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:14pm

      Cranberry, i bet the person who hit the dog didnt even slow down. This is what California has turned into

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  • woebegone
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:47pm

    After seeing all the hate leveled at Brietbart and Cheney, does anyone wonder any more?

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  • Baikonur
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:36pm

    I read some articles abpout dog evilution recently that proposed we did not domesticate them, but reather they endeared us to them. Dogs are the best people ever :)

    If America is truly a free country that loves dogs, then someone should challenge the no-pets policies in apartments and breed specific legislation.

    Where I live, we have breed specific legislation as well, which is idiotic, and which our national and cantonal veterinarians’ association opposed. But at least here dogs whose breeds are not banned can ride on public transport (reduced fee ticket) and visit stores other than the grocery store, and in my city of about 400,000, we have 20 off leash fenced areas where dogs can run free and socialize.

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    • vngstr
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:43pm

      Nooo legislation dope. Legislation breeds government regulation. How about like the old days if some one abuses someone or something or cruelty you answer to a free society that will give the offenders an eye for an eye? Just Saying.

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:21pm

      BAIKONUR – We’re not all bad here. Clean your shoes and go on. No more Brit stuff. I promise.

      JACKTHETOAD  
    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:39pm

      You know, BAIK, you might have stepped in poo before you started posting here. Maybe you should’ve checked your shoes first then.

      JACKTHETOAD  
    • Anamah
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:40pm

      America is not so free country that loves dogs… Thousands are killed every day for the only reason they have no one who wants them, despite being perfectly healthy and loving creatures, and there is no banning to puppy mills where tortured mothers live their entire life in wired cages, as even chickens should not, are forced to breed litter after litter until death!!! If America loves dogs, commercial puppy mills must been banned. And yes, condominiums have cruel abusive regulations because when time passes human needs can change and to share solitude with a sweet dog can be powerful. There is no better companion for some elderly people who need stimulant to live and feel themselves necessary to somebody else. Dogs are forgiving all and generous friends.

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    • Gary S
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:30pm

      Our dogs (and cats) found us. When we evacuated for Katrina, we had 8 cats. When we bought our new house, (old one destroyed by the storm) we had 10 cats. A year later, two Rhodesian Ridgeback pups showed up. No one claimed them, so they claimed us. Last year, we invited a Catahoola lady into our home. Cats have dwindled to two, but the years they spent with us were special. BTW we live in the country; God’s country – Mississippi.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:34pm

    Isn’t there enough trouble without mixing animals in the picture?

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Its all about humanity and whether we still have it? Apparently the person who hit the dog didn’t have any. A person with humanity would have stopped traffic and moved the dog off to the side of the road! I hope Grace finds a new home, because the owners don’t deserve her back.. letting a dog run is negligent!

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:59pm

      If you hit a dog, you should stop and remove the dog from traffic. Common curtisey, and common decency.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:04pm

      Post on the comment where the guy does not leash his dog, then. He probably doesn’t, feed his dog either.

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:33pm

    “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”

    Mark Twain

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    • Emrys
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Also the principal difference between a dog and a cat. :P

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:38pm

      It’s them dang squirrels. They keep getting chased by the dog ,and the cat ; then, get shot by them doggun loving hunters.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:33pm

    Tie the dog to a leash, bowl of water, plenty of food – dog turns bowl over – animal control comes by and cites the owner for no water – few days later, owner again takes the dog outside ties the dog to a leash, two year old baby tricycles up the street – dog barks – home owner sees all – next day he looks for another home for dog – sometimes it’s best not to have dog!

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:31pm

    “Heaven goes by grace. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”

    Mark Twain.

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  • vngstr
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:22pm

    Maybe Brotherwill hit the dog?

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  • OldVietVet
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:03pm

    Where do I go to get this dog!–There is no price too great for loyalty in the face of danger.

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  • Calamity Jane
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:02pm

    “….. I see a dog to dumb to get out of traffic.”…..BrotherWill, April 15, 2012 at 3:26pm

    And I see a person too dumb to use the correct homophone…….Until you figure out as to what I am referring, don’t insult the dog.

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  • Pelling1020
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:01pm

    Well look here “Brotherwill”, no one is trying to make animals human. We’re just trying to instill in humans certain traits that some animals exhibit towards humans for just a pet , a treat, a meal or a bowl of water whereas, a great number of humans will take great love acts from a friend and stick it up the friends fanny when they want their own welfare.

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  • hersey10
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:57pm

    If this didn’t break your heart , you may be a Liberal .

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    • applehill
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:05pm

      No, liberals love animals. So much so that they would call for the prosecution and prison sentence for the person responsible for hitting the dog.

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:19pm

      I think PETA people are liberals. Any amens out there?

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  • blanco5
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:56pm

    Can’t watch it. I can never watch anything where animals or children are hurt!

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  • jungle J
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:53pm

    you need some therapy.

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  • Shasta
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:47pm

    Why can’t most humans be so wonderful?

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  • salvawhoray
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:43pm

    I hate advertisements before a sad story.

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  • oswell
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:40pm

    In LA, the good liberals are more concerned with getting to their next bath house party or illegal immigrant support group meeting than they are with any sort of humanity.

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:37pm

    Only a person with a weak intellect think that animals do not show compassion or are just ‘dumb beasts’….animals learn and love, and yes, some even taste really good…but animals do learn and love nonetheless.

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  • flatbroke
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:33pm

    Heart warming, and sometimes i think animals act far more humanely than people sometimes, especially when reading about the man who was assaulted, and striped, robbed and beaten in baltimore, to call the people that did that animals is an insult to the animals.Animals never do anything without a reason.

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  • db321
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:32pm

    I China – they don’t care if an Animal or Child that lay injured in the Streets – they run them over any way!

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:02pm

      that’s not true, in China they would never leave a dog lying in the streets.
      They would take that animal home for supper.

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    • Concernd4USA
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:15pm

      Apparently Machappy has not seen the vid of the dead child in China where other people are walking around the body. One person actually stopped and moved the body over then moved on. Perhaps Machappy needs a history lesson over 20 million people in China have been starved because their status is too low.

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  • Speak without Fear
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:29pm

    VERY VERY sad! Heartbreaking

    I can’t believe how many cars rolled by and did not stop. The black lab had more compassion then the people driving the cars.

    Very Sad!

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  • momrules
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:27pm

    Lord, thank You for dogs.

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  • BrotherWill
    Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:26pm

    “emerged Saturday showing it refusing to leave the side of another dog killed by a car.”

    Man I can’t stand how so many people in the US try to make animals human. You see a dog demonstrating loyalty, I see a dog to dumb to get out of traffic. It probably has no clue even after the other one got hit, that its dangerous. ITS A DOG. Not a person. If it were that smart it wouldn’t of crossed in the first place.

    BrotherWill  
    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Lol. I have met some dogs in my life that make some humans look like mental midgets…

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:37pm

      [If it were that smart it wouldn’t of crossed in the first place.]
      And humans have shown themselves to be that much different how?

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    • Ralpie
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:39pm

      How many more stupid humans get struck crossing the streets…The more I understand people the more I like Dogs!

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:39pm

      If that were your dog in the street I‘d bet you’d run right out in the middle of traffic as well.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:42pm

      “ITS A DOG. Not a person.”

      And you’re a lower life form than either one. Probably a Paulestinian.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:43pm

      YOU are right Dogs are not people…
      And I would never try to bring them down to
      that level….
      BROTHER if you get a dog
      watch him close ,He may try to bite you

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    • vngstr
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:05pm

      Hey BW, when you are getting whatever in the streets of your own neighborhood and you look for compassion and or help from your own neighbors, guess what, you’ll get what you give! Bugs bunny has more brains than you and his commentary is “What a Maroon, What an ignoranimous!!!! LOL

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:37pm

      @BROTHERWILL …”Man I can’t stand how so many people in the US try to make animals human.” Brother Will, if you’re not from the US, where are you from – Uranus?

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:56pm

      LOOK4
      if Brother was from Uranus
      he would be an assteroid

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    • toto
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:26pm

      You obviously never had a dog. Or if you did, your observation skills are poor, or you mistreated your dog to the point that you were not granted blessings of love and devotion by your dog.

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:32pm

      PELLING1020
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 4:01pm
      Well look here “Brotherwill”, no one is trying to make animals human. We’re just trying to instill in humans certain traits that some animals exhibit towards humans for just a pet , a treat, a meal or a bowl of water whereas, a great number of humans will take great love acts from a friend and stick it up the friends fanny when they want their own welfare.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 6:10pm

      So with that thought process….can’t count how many stories & pictures of people out there just trying to get across the mall or getting to a tram station or crossing a street because they are a person & smart enough…..SMARTER than a “its just a dog & not a person”…..I am clearing my throat…excuse me I am sipping on a glass of water….the dog was not TEXTING but people/persons ARE texting & falling into mall-water-thing-a-ma-jigs & getting hit by trams/trains & getting hit while TEXTING & crossing the street…etc,etc,etc.
      Loyal true friend, Grace is and praying she gets a good home & the family will be very lucky to have such a true-blue friend…..All life is precious as far as I am concerned.

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    • BrotherWill
      Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:41pm

      Looking at all these comments, I rest my case. Sick world we live in where people place animals above or equal to human beings. You know, in psychology, people like mass murderers and serial killers will de-humanize people to make it easier to murder them. Like in Silence of the Lambs when Buffalo Bill refers to his victims as “it” and how the Nazis would treat Jews like animals. Now, take a look at your comments above and look how you do the same, just in reverse. You make animals superior to humans. Its a sick mind to think like that. You sound like PETA. Now thats a sick organization. You sound like Pit Bull owners who get killed by their own dog. “Oh he’s harmless. Its the owners fault that didn’t train him right.” Yeah, right. Whatever. Really, really sad.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:09pm

      Uh Brotherwill…read the comments again and note that the only person who even mentions comparing dogs to humans…is yourself. Yes, you must be that Hannibal from Silence of the Lambs that you are using as a comparison (please note, scripted Hollywood fantasies make bad comparisons to real life.)

      You sound like a lonely soul. I know, it must hurt to see Ron Paul failing miserably, but it doesn’t mean you should take it out on poor dogs. I strongly advise you get a dog. Or it least get a girlfriend…it helps. Of course, you have to move out of mom’s basement first…

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:07pm

      @BrotherWill
      What does showing empathy towards animals have to do with “placing animals above humans”?
      If you want to get into a psychological argument it might help you to know mass murderers and serial killers almost always start with animal abuse.

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