Heartbreaking Tearjerker

Sad news out of the animal kingdom this morning -- earlier this month, fisherman in China witnessed a dolphin mom "battling to keep her dead calf afloat" for what appears to have been several days.

Fisherman Luo Lieqiangre, who witnessed the dolphin mourning, said he and tourists watched as the calf fell off its mother's back several times. (Here's the requisite 

Who can make it through all 19 of these heartbreakers with nary a tear? Only someone without a soul. "That first video should've been batting clean-up instead of lead-off," one Reddit user said. Challenge accepted.

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A 17-day-old ear-less bunny named Til, who was expected to become Germany's next celebrity animal a la Knut the polar bear and Paul the Psychic Octopus, died tragically this week when he was accidentally stepped on by a TV cameraman.

"No one could have foreseen this,"

Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: A struggling soap actor who was allegedly harassed by his neighbors and condo board into euthanizing his beloved pet pit-bull mix took his own life last week, leaving behind a note saying he was racked with guilt over "betraying" his best friend.

Nick Santino, whose acting credits incl

Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Donna Chen was walking her dog Barney along State Road 758 in Sarasota when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver.

Barney, injured in the incident, took off, and ended up in the Gulf of Mexico. There, he was found and rescued by a kayaker who happened to be filming his fishing expedition

Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Last week, on Christmas Day, 18-year-old Ben Breedlove, a popular YouTube personality and amateur relationship advice guru, passed away.

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