Jasmine The Abandoned Dog With a Big Heart (OT)

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In

2003,

police in

Warwickshire , England ,

opened a garden shed and found a

whimpering, cowering dog. The dog had been locked in the shed and

abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had quite clearly been

abused.

In

an

act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a female greyhound,

to the

Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, which is run by a man named

Geoff

Grewcock, and known as a haven for animals abandoned, orphaned, or

otherwise in

need.

Geoff

and

the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims: to restore the

dog to

full health, and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but

eventually

both goals were achieved. They

named

her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive

home.

 

 

 

 

 

Jasmine,

however, had

other ideas. No one quite remembers how it came about,

but Jasmine started welcoming all animal arrivals at the sanctuary. It

would not matter if it were a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other

lost or

hurting animal. Jasmine would just peer into the box or cage and, when

and where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

 

 

 

 

Geoff

relates

one of the early incidents. "We had two puppies that had

been abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland Terrier

cross

and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when

they

arrived at the centre, and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by

the

scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. Then she

fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them."

 

 

"But

she

is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all

the stress out of them, and it helps them to not only feel close to

her, but to

settle into their new surroundings. She has done the same with the fox

and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs, and even lets

the birds

perch on the bridge of her nose."

 

 

 

Jasmine,

the

timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary's resident

surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list

of

orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox

cubs,

four badger cubs, fifteen chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies

and

fifteen rabbits - and one roe deer

fawn.

Tiny Bramble, eleven weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a

field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to

keep

her warm, and then went into the full foster-mum role. Jasmine the

greyhound showers Bramble the roe deer with affection, and makes sure

nothing

is matted.

 

 

 

"They

are

inseparable," says Geoff. "Bramble walks between her legs,

and they keep kissing each other. They walk together round the

sanctuary. It's a real treat to see them."

 

 

 

Jasmine

will

continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to

woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She

will be too busy showering love and affection on the next orphan or

victim of

abuse.

 

 

 

Pictured

from

the left are: "Toby", a stray Lakeland dog; "Bramble",

orphaned roe deer; "Buster", a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit;

"Sky", an injured barn owl; and "Jasmine", with a mother's

heart doing best what a caring mother would do...and such is the order

of God's

Creation.

 

 

 

 

 

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Stephen

Terry

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