A couple of years ago my hubby and I were working on our barn and took a short break in the kentucky bluegrass that we had planted in the yard. A full grown bunny just hopped over, put its little front paws on my knee and sniffed me. It hopped on my lap put its paws on my chest and sniffed my chin. It hopped down and slowly ambled away.
I have only experienced an animal showing me true compassion one time. I had a big old walking horse mare and to get on her i would lead her up to a fence or something and crawl up, we didn't have a saddle. One time I used an old truck bed that had been cut with a cutting torch, she moved and I slipped slicing my lower leg open about 10 inches long and two inches deep. I was about 10, I immediately crumpled into a ball crying, trying to stop the bleeding. Babe took my shirt by the scuff of my neck and walking backwards drug me toward the house about an 1/8 of a mile away. Mom heard my screams and came running out and carried me to the house, the horse followed her onto the porch. God I loved that horse.