The pregnant dog adopted an orphaned monkey after his mother ɗι̇eɗ… and now he loves nothing more than cuddling his new parents in Himachal Pradesh(video)

Heart-warming images show a heavily pregnant dog who seems to have adopted an orphaned baby monkey after its mother was poisoned.

The infant monkey can be seen hugging and playing around the dog, as the mother-to-be seems to be enjoying having him around.

Photographer Prakash Badal 48, snapped the images while visiting Chakki Mor, Solan in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, initially planning to photograph birds.

Heart-warming footage shows a heavily pregnant dog who seems to have adopted an orphaned baby monkey after its mother was poisoned

Heart-warming footage shows a heavily pregnant dog who seems to have adopted an orphaned baby monkey after its mother was poisoned

The infant monkey can be seen hugging and playing around the dog, as the mother-to-be seems to be enjoying having him around

The infant monkey can be seen hugging and playing around the dog, as the mother-to-be seems to be enjoying having him around

Photographer Prakash Badal 48, snapped the images while visiting Chakki Mor, Solan in Himachal Pradesh, northern India

Photographer Prakash Badal 48, snapped the images while visiting Chakki Mor, Solan in Himachal Pradesh, northern India

Photographer Prakash Badal, 48, had initially planned to photograph birds when he spotted the dog and the monkey together

Photographer Prakash Badal, 48, had initially planned to photograph birds when he spotted the dog and the monkey together

He said: ‘The monkey infant seemed to be about 10 days old when locals poisoned the adult monkeys because it is said they are destroying their crops.

‘This infant survived and the dog adopted it.

He said: 'The monkey infant seemed to be about 10 days old when locals poisoned the adult monkeys because it is said they are destroying their crops'

He said: ‘The monkey infant seemed to be about 10 days old when locals poisoned the adult monkeys because it is said they are destroying their crops’

'This infant survived and the dog adopted it,' the photographer added

‘This infant survived and the dog adopted it,’ the photographer added

The monkey is pictured misbehaving while the pregnant dog tries to sleep

 

The monkey is pictured misbehaving while the pregnant dog tries to sleep

The monkey is pictured misbehaving while the pregnant dog tries to sleep, in Chakki Mor, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

‘Although sometimes there are conflicts between monkeys and dogs, the relationship of a mother is more important.

‘I felt that when a mother saw a baby who is very small and left alone and there is nobody to take care of him, the maternal instinct took the initiative to adopt a small baby even if it’s from different species.

‘This type of relationship is a lesson for humans who have become selfish and kill each other just because he is from another cast or religion. ‘

Photographer Prakash Badal, 48, said: 'Although sometimes there are conflicts between monkeys and dogs, the relationship of a mother is more important'

Photographer Prakash Badal, 48, said: ‘Although sometimes there are conflicts between monkeys and dogs, the relationship of a mother is more important’

'I felt that when a mother saw a baby who is very small and left alone and there is nobody to take care of him, the maternal instinct took the initiative to adopt a small baby even if it's from different species'

‘I felt that when a mother saw a baby who is very small and left alone and there is nobody to take care of him, the maternal instinct took the initiative to adopt a small baby even if it’s from different species’