Herman the pigeon and Lundy the 8-week-old Chihuahua met at the New York-based non-profit which is dedicated to giving pets with birth defects across the country a chance to fight.
Both the animals were very comfortable with each other and shared the same bed. Herman arrived at the rescue a few years ago after he was found sitting motionless at a car dealership for three days. The bird has seniority at The Mia Foundation.
“Our main goals is take in animals born with birth defects,” Sue Rogers, who founded The Mia Foundation in 2012, told PEOPLE, adding that the non-profit has helped young dogs, cats, horses, goats, turkeys and even a donkey. “But people bring us injured birds and squirrels sometimes.”
Rogers received a call about the pigeon and agreed to take him in. A mentor involved in wildlife rehab helped her and Rogers succeeded in recovering the strength of the bird. But Herman never recovered as he still can’t fly because of the West Nile Virus or a brain injury.
Lundy was just 4 weeks old when she arrived at The Mia Foundation from a breeder in South Carolina. The little Chihuahua had started to learn how to walk and then suddenly stopped pawing around. The breeder was not able to take care of the pup and called Rogers to ask if she could take him in.
Rogers agreed and Lundy was sent by a “flight nanny” down to South Carolina. “I set Herman on a dog bed and started caring for Lundy, and I decided to carefully put Lundy in the same dog bed next to him,” Rogers said of how the adorable friendship moment started.
She was concerned about how the animals would react to each other but the two pets quickly attracted towards each and started cuddling. “The way they interacted was so cute,” Rogers said, adding that she isn’t certain if Herman is a he after seeing him showing some maternal behaviors when he was alongside Lundy.
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