Read animal hero stories collected on the HubPages website. Watch this story of dolphins rescuing a surfer on the MSNBC website. Explore these books:

When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy (Delacorte Press, NY: 1995)

The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (Ballantine Books, NY: 2003)

The Souls of Animals by Unitarian Universalist minister Gary Kowalski (Stillpoint Publishing, 1991)

Visit the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth or the UUA's Green Sanctuary program to learn how UUs are involved in taking care of the earth.