For his Eagle Scout project, eleven-year-old Payton Crawford is weaving supportive hammocks out of old fire hoses to help senior big cats.
The large hammocks provide older big cats, including lions, tigers and leopards, at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, with a comfortable place to lounge.
There are over 500 animals at the 10,000-acre refuge, which specializes in rescuing large carnivores from abusive situations.
Crawford acquires the old hoses from fire departments and produces hammocks in various sizes to accommodate different breeds. It takes him about two hours to create one hammock.
“It’s just something different that I wanted to try out,” the eighth-grader stated in an interview with CBS. “Give them a better life because they don’t have the luxury we do.”
This heartwarming story reminds us that people of all ages can help animals in creative and meaningful ways.
Watch this video to learn more about how Crawford puts the hammocks together.
You are the very best. Thank you
Wonderful & thank you so much!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! We need more humane being like you! Thank you for giving us hope.
Amazing citizen. His parents taught him well
Thank you – Bless your heart !
I love this little boy. He’s going to be a huge animal activist when he grows up. God bless him.
Payton,you are an inspiration to children and young adults everywhere!Thank you for having such a caring heart and giving to animals in need.I, and I’m sure many other’s,including your parents are very proud of you!😁
Great idea, Payton Crawford, and good work!
Well done, Payton.You have a kind heart. Thank you for helping the animals.
Big cats love those hammocks.
PEYTON YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS…THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUGE HEART…SUCH AN AMAZING IDEA…WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD LIKE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
Thank you for your kindness. Keep up the good work.
awesome….the world needs more people like him.
A young man who has a bright future. His parents have a right to be proud. He saw a need and has provided a solution. Way to go!!!!
Amazing young boy. I hope one day he will do great things to Help & protect the vulnerable sentient beings. Kindness & compassion towards Animals makes any one a more Human& a special one..
Those animal torturer beer slobs at Hofstra should take a lesson from this little boy who makes hammocks for the big rescued cats. Send them to help cut the fire hoses, force them into acts of animal kindness something that they obviously know nothing about. Just a bunch of marohnic losers and they’ll go through life being losers. But this little boy is a gem!
Well said, Mimi!
Leave it to a child to do the right thing. Adults take notes.
Great Sory. Well done Payton Crawford.
What a wonderful young man.
Les parents de ce jeune garçon peuvent être fiers de leur fils! Une merveilleuse personne. Félicitations!
Come on. I was in Scouting. The average age of a boy to achieve Eagle Scout, is 17. And someone is trying to tell us that this kid, at 11 is working on his Eagle Scout project. Either someone else is doing this kid’s work, or the Boy Scouts is totally different than what is was 50 years ago. Yeah, I know it is different, but I didn’t think it was that muich different. Something stinks in this story.
What a wonderful lad you are !!!!!! You’re a light in an otherwise horrible world full of animal abuse and cruelty. Your mum and dad did an amazing job when they brought you up. Love to your family and thank you for all you’re doing for animals. With love from the UK.
What an amazing young boy. 🦁🐯🐅🐆❤❤❤
You are wonderful, Payton. Very good, good boy, I think, your Mum and Dad will be really proud of their wonderful son! Thank you for your love for animals! Greetings from Bonn, Germany, Dagmar