Brave firefighters who risked their lives to save animals

May 4-International Day of Firefighters and Rescuers remember their dead colleagues who risked their lives to save other people. Some brave firefighters are ready to take risks for the sake of our smaller brothers, because in kindness, attention and care — strength and courage.

A koala named Sam drinks water from the hands of a volunteer firefighter in Australia.

A Danish firefighter rescues a cat from a burning house.

A firefighter rescued an orphaned baby owl.

A Russian rescuer pulled a cat out of a burning house.

A firefighter calms a dog that escaped in a car accident.

The rescued dog pulled its face out of the oxygen mask to lick the rescuer's face in gratitude.

The cat hugged his rescuer tightly.

A firefighter lets the rescued hamster cubs breathe oxygen.

A firefighter carries a frightened poodle out of a burning house.

A blind dog is pulled out of a cold lake Ontario.

The rescued cat and his look of gratitude.

A little kitten who got into trouble and was saved.

A live and unharmed cat is handed to the owner.

Firefighters found a barely breathing cat under a bed in a burning house and rescued it.

Rescuers did not let the guinea pig die.

A firefighter carries a terrified cat to safety.

A Norwegian firefighter has put an oxygen mask on a rabbit rescued from a burning apartment.

The eloquent look of a dog rescued from a fire.

Firefighters even save iguanas.

They take the dogs out of the fire, too…

...and snakes.