Orphaned Foal Adopted by Horse Who Lost Her Baby in Heart-wrenching Video

An unlikely love story between an orphaned foal and a horse that lost her baby is moving people to tears online.

Her owners, Iris Pinkster, 30, and Sanne Kolman, 22, shared a moving video to their TikTok page, Equitality, earlier this month.

The pair, from The Netherlands, tragically revealed their mare, Citty Z, lost the foal she was expecting this summer.

The friends said: "Our mare lost her first foal two months early this week. We wanted to offer her as a foster mother. This little boy lost his mommy today. He was already weak, so asap needed a new mommy."

The touching video shows the orphaned colt bonding with Citty Z, as the owners shared follow-up videos documenting the pair's progress.

They said: "She accepted him immediately as if it was her own baby. Such a proud mom. Welcome little boy. They loved each other right away. Today we took them outside for the first time.

"They love each other so much. He needed some extra food, and lots of love. And now five days later he is a happy little guy. And his mom is so proud."

Responding to comments, they revealed the foal's mother passed away when he was a few days old.

"The foal was born the night we lost ours. They took this foal away on day three and their mare passed away a few hours after they arrived at our place," they said.

They confirmed that he'll fly the nest one day, adding: "He will return home when he's old enough."

The video, captioned "how strange & beautiful this world can be" soon went viral, amassing more than eight million views.

The heart-warming tale moved people to tears, as Fran from the Rainbow Bridge commented: "The foal's mother is taking care of the mare's baby right now."

While AnetteH said: "This made me cry. The fact that an animal will instantly accept and care for a baby that needs them, it's so beautiful."

"You can see life back in her eyes," Mya wrote, referring to Citty Z.

While Katrina Rotar commented: "Not me bawling my eyes out over this."

And You Don't See Me admitted: "I'm crying. Like this makes me so happy but it's so sad at the same time. She is such a good momma."

While Addison Jarman wrote: "I'm sobbing. Never knew how sweet this could be for animals."

Sanne, who's completing her graphic design studies, and Iris, a horse dentist, have seven horses in total, with the others called Rose, Yellow, Bambi, Nala, Hero and Peanut.

The friends document their lives with the menagerie, who live at Iris's home, on their various social media channels.

Explaining more about the set-up, their website says: "We are Sanne and Iris, two good friends. We had known each other for some time through the horses, but when we met each other at the beginning of 2019, we appeared to have a similar plan for the future. Then why not join forces? Shortly afterwards Equitality!

"We spend a lot of time making fun and informative videos about us and the horses. We always have a lot of fun together and we certainly try to radiate that cheerfulness in the videos. Of course things sometimes go wrong, but we always try to have a positive attitude towards life and to inspire others with this."