Jasmine's Story

Welcome to a Journey With A Greyhound Named 'Jasmine'.

This Beautiful Story A Close Friend Sent To Me Visiting Reader...

        This is a very special giving. I received the following story from a close friend. The beauty of the story and the photos need to be shared, and my Blogspot feels to be a good place to do so. The story was first published in the Daily Mail of England on 31st December 2008. With nearing that time frame now in 2010, the sending, receiving and now Posting is good timing I feel.
       http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/jasmine.asp   is where you can visit for verifying the story and photos are true, and to also read the following retelling given there on 3rd April 2009.

True Story

        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 or where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.






        If you'd like to journey further with Jasmine's story....

        Geoff relates of 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 Russel Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre, ad 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 t guinea heir 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 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. "Brambles 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 left are: "Toby", a stray Lakeland dog; "Brambles", 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.

        I have now fulfilled the sharing, and maybe you too will experience your day being just that little bit brighter with having done this journey with Jasmine.

The beautiful Introductory Floral Image is from -

   http://www.animated-gifs.eu

The Photos of Jasmine and Friends are with her Story at - 

   http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/jasmine.asp

Until soon, and with the way events keep unfolding this month, probably sooner than sooner, Magda