A love Story (you're gonna love this) For all animal lovers

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 uneaton 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 center, 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....