More proof that animals feel pain and sadness just like humans do. This baby rhino’s mom was killed by poachers for her horn right in front of him. After, he wouldn’t leave her side and was found and rescued by an animal welfare group crying over her body.

The group is the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, from Pretoria, South Africa, and the staff and volunteers put the baby with a surrogate rhino mom who could help, but he’s still having a tough time and can’t sleep unless someone is next to him.

According to the latest statistics released by Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) 442 rhinos have been killed due to illegal poaching in 2014 in the country so far.

If you need a pick-me-up after hearing this little guy’s story then check out this unlikely friendship between a pit bull and a deer that play a good game a chase.

He likes for his caretakers to sit on the ground so he can lay his head on their lap