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Saturday, January 5, 2002

Romanian Stray Saves Freezing Baby 

ARAD COUNTY (Romania) — A newborn child is alive today thanks to the efforts of a self-appointed nanny with paws.

Passers-by were alerted to a situation at a public park in Oradea (northwest Romania) when they noticed a stray hound barking and howling near a picnic table.  Upon investigation, they found that the dog was standing guard over a baby girl who had been abandoned and hidden in a plastic bag underneath the table.



"Lawdsy, we've got to have a doctor!
I don't know nothing about birthing babies!"
 — Prissy,
Gone with the Wind

The infant was rushed to the hospital where her condition was stabilized.  Says Dr. Gheorghe Tirla: "It is a normal baby-girl of three kilos.  She was lucky with that dog or she could have frozen to death.

"She hadn't even had the umbilical cord severed but everything turned out fine and she is now recovering."

Over the weekend, temperatures outside the Romanian capital Bucharest dropped as low as -10°C (14ºF) with 13cm of snow on the ground.

Efforts are currently underway to find the baby's mother.  After being released from the hospital, the child will be most likely be placed in an orphanage.

Appropriately enough: our heroic dog has been adopted by the hospital's maternity unit.

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For extensive news, pictures, info and more pet stories, visit our good friends at the Children Love Animals Foundation (Romania).

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