Then there was the rescue. Rescue & RemEMBER, to be exact. The Virginia-based group describes the bridge as "a bridge for Shelter pets to travel over before ending up in their fur-ever home."

In a distressing video of the first time rescuers spotted them, the pair seems neglected – filthy, anxious, and famished. When their cages are unlocked, however, they escape for their lives.

They got back together after that. They had no one else for six years and couldn't even communicate from their different jails.