I recently created a petition calling for better treatment of farm animals. Would you like to sign it or share it with your animal loving friends?

Photographer Rob MacInnis gathers barnyard animals that we selected for consumption and production, and turns them into majestic portrait subjects. Everything started when Rob came back from a long journey through South America. Taking photos in places that suffered from extreme poverty made him rethink photography's role in his life and society: "I had a tough time dealing with my relationship to photography after this trip," Rob told Bored Panda. "I felt it irresponsible to ignore the exploitative aspects of photography, especially when making artwork in such a privileged position. I found that photographing animals enabled me to critique both myself and the photographic field."

In his series, The Dog & Pony Show, photographer Rob MacInnis created professionally lit portraits of farm animals, ranging from donkeys, to pigs,...

This is so adorable and impressive! Wrangling all those animals together for a photo is no easy feat!

Througout the animal kingdom, friendships are made that, if you're like me, will fascinate you, read on to learn more about these interspecies friendships.