“A young lamb, facing an uncertain diagnosis and rejection from those who should have loved him, found an unexpected savior in another animal—a rescued kitten.
At animal shelters, several volunteers are usually needed to care for each animal, and a little extra help is always welcome.
Dora, a cat rescued by ‘Happy Tails Farm Sanctuary,’ has taken on a unique role, offering care and companionship to other animals as if she were a volunteer herself.
Born on the darkest day of the year, the winter solstice, the lamb lost his mother during birth. The farmer who owned him, doubting his ability to care for the lamb without its mother, posted him for adoption online.”
When members of ” Happy Tails Farm Sanctuary ” read the post, they immediately called to inquire about adopting the small lamb, but the farmer declined, claiming that he did not want to give the baby up to a nursing facility.
Carla Reilly Moore, co-founder of “Happy Tails Farm Sanctuary” in Kingston, states, “Farmers typically don’t like asylums because we expose the evil side of the industry.”
The rescuers, however, did not give up and secretly adopted the lamb without mentioning the institution.
But one thing was certain: they would battle for the little lamb until they were able to adopt him and provide him with all of the assistance he required.
«His tail and testicles were wrapped -very poorly, I may add-; he was covered with diarrhea when he arrived to the asylum,» Carla explains. We weren’t sure if we’d be able to make it.”
Carla and her husband, the asylum’s director, aided him, and he subsequently had surgery to fix his tail and testicles.
“Our Christmas miracle was Charlie the small lamb,” Carla explains.
But it wasn’t only the human volunteers who were keeping an eye on Charlie; Dora, the kitten who had been rescued in November, was also usually there.
When he returned from his procedure, he waited with him until he awoke, at which point they could resume their game.
Charlie was able to restore his health because to all of the love and attention he got, and he is again growing well. Dora and Charlie now have a lot in common: they were both in desperate need, they were both saved from a nursing home, and they were both able to recover their health.
Carla adds, “They established an instant connection, like they were designed for it.”
