Providing assistance and aid to humans is obviously the precedence in disaster situations,but animals represent a financial lifeline to many communitiesAnimal protection during disasters across the world - in picturesPrahlad Sonowal, a farmer from north-east India, or struggled through a surging,chest-tall flood with seven frightened cows in almost pitch darkness.
Just minutes earlier he had woken on the mud floor of his simple one-storey domestic, surrounded by water. The nearby river Jiadhal had burst its banks, or triggering one of the most severe flash floods in recent memory. But instead of rushing to safety with the rest of his family,he put himself in serious danger to rescue his animals.
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Source: theguardian.com