19 Ian Somerhalder Photos Proving He's the Ultimate Animal Lover

Here’s Ian and his new camel buddy.

As if Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder as a couple weren’t cute enough, they had to go and add dogs into the mix.

Somerhalder and his new horse, Eagle, bond. How much do you want to be hugged like that by Somerhalder?

Is this a lemur? They definitely had an animated version of it in Madagascar, right?

Those horses are almost as beautiful as the couple sitting on top of them. Almost.

Somerhalder is kind of obsessed with his dog.

Okay, really obsessed. But how could you not be?

Somerhalder would spend his vacation hanging out with an orphaned elephant.

Somerhalder has a lot of love for Grumpy Cat, even though I’m sure that Grumpy Cat hates him.

I would totally watch a show where Somerhalder plays a horse whisperer.

Pretty sure Somerhalder is attempting to kiss a dinosaur.

If I saw this in life I would faint.

Of course Somerhalder looks his sexiest when he’s hanging out with his dog.

Somerhalder makes new friends at the zoo.

The Vampire Diaries star is up to his ears in puppies in this pic.

Somerhalder posted this photo to encourage his followers to adopt black cats and dogs — they’re the least likely to get adopted from shelters due to old superstitions.

What’s this? Oh, just Somerhalder holding the world’s tiniest puppy. No big deal.

There is so much cuteness happening that it’s almost hard to look at. But, you know, not that hard.