well, good question. and i didn t know for certain. we had rescued mr. g, the goat, we felt we could find a home for him. a sanctuary was going to take jellybean. when mr. g came up here, all the way from los angeles, to northern california, he was completely off food. this went day after day, after consulting with veterinarians. offering him everything imaginable. he couldn t leave his stall. he wouldn t eat anything. then we learned that he was actually very good friends with the donkey down there. so, we took a hunch. took a gamble. put a call out for volunteer who was willing to drive down there with the stock trailer and peck pick up jellybean. that goes to jeff. kim, tell us when they cam together and were so happy? well, that was videotaped. of course that s the video that has gone viral with millions of viewers. but, just the transformation of when he heard jellybean come out, come out of the stock trailer, got a whiff of him and saw him.
it was almost instantaneous. a different animal. it s a beautiful illustration that, that, the bond, and intellect and the connection that animals have with one another and with different species. and those of us that work around animals and live around them we know that. this is a store that we were able to document and share with others. that s the beauty of it. yeah, as you say, a beauty that a lot of people are connecting with. jeff, tell me about your trip? well, i had never actually towed a donkey before. so this was going to be an exciting trip. when i heard animal place needed someone to transport the donkey. i said i would be happy to do it. i came up and got their stock trailer and shot on down to l.a. with the help of the folks with animal control, got jellybean loaded. and, turned around and came on back. so, when i got up to, to the ranch where we first introduced jellybean to mr. g.
a different animal. it s a beautiful illustration that, that, the bond, and intellect and the connection that animals have with one another and with different species. and those of us that work around animals and live around them we know that. this is a store that we were able to document and share with others. that s the beauty of it. yeah, as you say, a beauty that a lot of people are connecting with. jeff, tell me about your trip? well, i had never actually towed a donkey before. so this was going to be an exciting trip. when i heard animal place needed someone to transport the donkey. i said i would be happy to do it. i came up and got their stock trailer and shot on down to l.a. with the help of the folks with animal control, got jellybean loaded. and, turned around and came on back. so, when i got up to, to the ranch where we first introduced jellybean to mr. g.
we felt we could find a home for him. a sanctuary was going to take jellybean. when mr. g came up here, all the way from los angeles, to northern california, he was completely off food. this went day after day, after consulting with veterinarians. offering him everything imaginable. he couldn t leave his stall. he wouldn t eat anything. then we learned that he was actually very good friends with the donkey down there. so, we took a hunch. took a gamble. put a call out for volunteer who was willing to drive down there with the stock trailer and peck peck pick up jellybean. that goes to jeff. kim, tell us when they cam together and were so happy? well, that was videotaped. of course that s the video that has gone viral with millions of viewers. but, just the transformation of when he heard jellybean come out, come out of the stock trailer, got a whiff of him and saw him. it was almost instantaneous.
joining me now, a volunteer that drove 14 hours to reunite the animals. animal place executive director, kim sterling, and mr. g and jellybean. welcome to everybody. kim, tell me about the type of situation where these animals were rescued from? they came from southern california from kind of a hoarding situation. and it was an elderly person who could no longer properly care for the animals. neighbors were concerned. they called animal control. animal control, came, intervened. a local rescuer, matched us up with, animal control down in l.a. and, kim how did you know that mr. g wasn t just down and out, but was going to be, i guess cheered up by having a friend? well, good question. and i didn t know for certain. we had rescued mr. g, the goat,