After weeks of bushfires that continue to burn across Australia, evacuated families are beginning to return to homes and assess the damage.
For some families, luck means smoke damage and a big clean-up, but others have lost everything.
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Touching Pics Of Dog Finding Favorite Toy In Burned Australian Home Go Viral
One such example of the latter is the Zagami family, who had to evacuate from their home in late December.
They hoped to return to their farm in East Gippsland in a couple of days, but instead they learned the worst: theirs was one of 11 homes destroyed out of the 87 in their small community of Wairewa.
When they returned, the only thing that survived was Katie Zagami's wedding dress, which was found in the wreckage of a shed.
But their dog OJ found one other thing in the mess: a favorite toy.
Louisa Cheatley, a reporter for 7News was on site and captured a photo of OJ with the singed stuffed toy.
She shared it on Twitter and followers quickly began to tag the @dog_rates Twitter account.
They reached out to Louisa to see if she had any other pictures and she was happy to send them over.
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When they shared OJ's story and gave him a deserved 14/10, it went viral. I mean, can you blame it?
In fewer that 280 characters, We Rate Dogs managed to take me from sad tears to happy tears.
A few people expressed worry over whether or not the toy was safe for him now, but I'm sure the Zagamis intend to give it a good wash ASAP.
Other people reached out in hopes of helping the family get through the hard times ahead.
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