A toddler lost in the Virginia woods was back home safe Sunday thanks to two puppies who kept him warm through a harrowing night of freezing temperatures. |
Jaylynn Thorpe, 3, wandered away from his baby-sitter at 4 p.m. Friday and was missing for 21 hours as hundreds of friends, family and law enforcement officials searched for him in the thick woods of Halifax County, fearing the worst. |
| Officials said the lost little boy and the two family puppies wandered up to a mile in the dark, even across a highway, but it wasn’t until Saturday afternoon that members of the search team found him sitting by a tree, the two puppies nestled against him. |
Billie Jo Roach, another member of the search party that found the boy, said the puppies refused to leave his side. |
As the child was placed in an ambulance to be taken to a local hospital for examination, “The puppies were watching where he went. |
“Where he went, they went,” Roach said. |
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Filed under: Dog News on December 14th, 2008
To all cat and pet lovers,
I am writing on behalf of the ELmsford Animal Shelter in New York. We are the largest no kill facility in the area, home to some
1000 animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and other small household pets). We have been in existence since 1931 taking in many animals that would otherwise remain homeless or worse. Owing to the current economic downturnm, our shelter is in a dire financial crisis facing closure in the near future. We receive no govt funding
and rely solely on public donations. I am appealing to all bloggers and pet lovers to help us in our time of need. I need help getting the word out. (Not an experienced blogger) Our website is http://www.elmsfordanimalshelter.com.
Please view our site and make a donation of any amount if you can. ord to. Also, and just as important, please get the word out that we are in need of assistance. Thanks in advance.
A fellow animal lover in New York.