Stray Dog Retrieves Abandoned Baby, Takes Her To Litter Of Puppies

[matcom]

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A stray dog saved the life of a newborn baby after finding the abandoned infant in a forest and apparently carrying it across a busy road and through some barbed wire to her litter of puppies, witnesses said.

The stray dog found the infant, clad in tattered clothing, in a poor neighborhood near the Ngong Forests in the capital of Nairobi, Stephen Thoya told the independent Daily Nation newspaper.

The dog apparently found the baby Friday in the plastic bag in which the infant had been abandoned, said Aggrey Mwalimu, owner of the shed where the animal was guarding its puppies. The seven-pound, four-ounce infant was taken to the hospital for treatment on Saturday.

"She is doing well, responding to treatment, she is stable. ... She is on antibiotics," Kenyatta National Hospital spokeswoman Hanna Gakuo told The Associated Press from the hospital, where health workers called the infant Angel.

Kenya's media often report the abandonment of newborns by mothers. Poverty and the inability to care for the child are seen as the root cause of the problem. Most people who abandon babies are never caught.

The child had not yet been claimed.

"Abandoned babies are normally taken to the Kenyatta National Hospital because it is a public hospital," Gakuo said. "People are now donating diapers and baby clothes for this one."

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4465555/detail.html

[Shell Beau]

1. I heard this on the radio this morning and it just reminded

me of why I love dogs so much.:)

[Spinzonner]

2. So, Life IS a Bitch

[havocmom]

3. Good dog.

Note to the GOP: if you are really doing things 'for the children' start working for justice and a decent global economy. Oh, and Planned Parenthood, birth control and counseling about alternatives to having babies you can't feed is a good thing and deserves support.

Dogs are more compassionate. And they are nicer to have around.

[flvegan]

4. Hopefully, someone else will come forward to adopt the dog and her pups.

[Shell Beau]

5. I hope so too. She deserves a loving home.

O8)

[joeybee12]

6. Same here--can I have her????????

[radwriter0555]

9. IN kenya? Not likely.

A lot of nice things could happen from those of us outside that nation... adopt the babies from the hospital, animal rescue, donations of food, money and clothing, etc.

[KurtNYC]

7. Dogs are amazing

This one adopted a fawn:

[Shell Beau]

8. I love that pic. Dogs are extraordinary!!

[Beetwasher]

10. Now You Got Me All Verklempt!

Damn you!

[Shell Beau]

11. We'll talk amongst ourselves.

[miss_kitty]

12. Aww

my dog picks up stuff and carries it to her 'den' all the time

[dArKeR]

13. This same thing happend to G aWol Bush when he was a baby. except

it was a Demon from Hell who saved him.

[jukes]

14. another failure of bush's

"abstinence aid" program, but what a good doggie!!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. But don't you see?

Birth control ISN'T necessary, God will send ANGEL DOGS to rescue the babies!!! :crazy:

[redqueen]

17. .

:spray:

[ernstbass]

16. Dogs are magnificent creatures

They are the absolute best!!!:thumbsup: