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These Orphaned Children Are Making Stray Dogs Their Family To Feel Protected & Loved!

To escape the loneliness that comes with being utterly alone in life, these orphaned kids of Robindra Shorbod Park in Bangladesh have formed familial relationships with stray dogs.

The life on the streets can be a terrifying prospect especially for kids who have no families to call their own. But they don't call a dog a man's best friend without reason.

Hence, the unconditional bonds forged with the other dwellers of the streets - the strays that roam around the alleys, alone and afraid - comfort not only the kids but also the dogs, the desperate seekers of love and companionship.

So when photographer Sam Edmonds visited Bangladesh, he found the existence of a makeshift family created between the children and the dogs in Dhaka, as reported by Mail Online. He beautifully captured their bond on the digital canvas, beautiful enough to warm our hearts on a cold winter night.

1. Whatever little money the kids earn in return for trading plastic, they first feed their canine brethren before eating themselves.
Sam Edmonds
2. The kids who don't return to their tin homes, remain with their dogs and keep warm in their company all through the night.
Sam Edmonds
3. This unique friendship has been made possible especially after the country banned the culling of stray dogs.
Sam Edmonds
4. Hundreds and thousands of dogs were falling prey to inhumane killings to prevent the spread of rabies. But it was banned in November last year.
Sam Edmonds
5. But the kids show extreme kindness and love to the dogs, and in return receive unconditional protection and warmth from their companions.
Sam Edmonds
6. The kids helped the dogs escape a difficult, neglected life and gave them a home as much as they needed one themselves.
Sam Edmonds
7. And when the kids scavenge through the day to earn their living, their dogs are always by their side.
Sam Edmonds
8. Such is their 'tail' of love.
Sam Edmonds
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