Rodan and Malena
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Not a cat story I know, but I couldn’t resist it.
No distance is too far for Rodan, the stork to visit the love of his life, Malena.
Making the trip from South Africa to Croatia every Spring, the male bird travels 13,000 km to see his beloved partner, who is disabled and unable to fly due to injuries sustained when hunters shot at her and broke her wing.
Locals in the small village of Slavonski Brod in Croatia thought crippled Malena would almost certainly die, but thanks to the Vokic family, whose roof she now lives on, and her ever faithful partner Rodan, she has survived for over 17 years.
Rodan and Malena have baby chicks every year ( they have produced 32 offspring so far) and Rodan takes responsibility for their flying lessons. Once the chicks are grown, Rodan takes them with him to South Africa for the winter and then returns again to Malena in the following Spring.
Ahhhhhhhh.
If this isn’t a heartwarming animal story, then I don’t know what is.
