Margi Heath raised a baby hare in her bra after her sister found it alive inside a dead skinned hare. Photo: JULIAN SIMMONDS
Posted on 09/21/2008 1:34:53 AM PDT by Daffynition
When Cherida Cannon's labrador Teal chased and killed a hare, she set about preparing it for the pot.
But there was a surprise in store. The hare turned out to be pregnant, and its unborn baby's heart was still beating.
A frantic rescue mission was launched -- and today the tiny, helpless creature has grown into a bounding tame hare called Miracle.
Describing the moment when Teal brought her his prey, Mrs Cannon, of Alton, Hampshire said: "The hare was so beautiful, I just couldn't bare to throw her away. I thought she'd make a nice meal so started gutting her."
It was her cleaner, Tina Rhodes, who noticed the unborn baby. Mrs Rhodes said: "I rubbed its chest and blew on it and dried it with a towel, then suddenly it opened its eyes and begun cleaning itself."
The women mixed up baby formula belonging to Mrs Cannon's granddaughter and fed it to the baby hare, known as a leveret, with a syringe every hour.
Mrs Rhodes's sister, Margi Heath, was put in charge of caring for the orphaned creature. Mrs Heath, 57, said: "She stayed indoors with me. I put her in my bra to keep her warm, else she would have died. I slept with her and every time she was hungry she popped her head up."
Following a vets advice, they changed the hare's diet from formula milk to cat milk, which is sold in bottles and normally fed to kittens.
Miracle is now three months old and still growing. Mrs Heath, of Upper Farringdon, Hampshire, said: "She's quite tame now. She has a lead we use to walk her with, and lets people stroke her, though she can tell if someone is a stranger.
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hare-raising tale indeed!
/ducks under desk
this is a happy ending story.
i can also relate this story to the baby born alive, (after abortion) left in the garbage to die.
using that logic, i conclude that obama would have let the baby rabbit die.
//Disneyesque display
WWPD?
{What Would Palin Do?]
No brainer. Raised the baby, cooked the mama. Waste not, want not.
If there is one thing about Sarah that I am bone-deep sure of, she is the soul of practicality.
That’s all folks !!
That’s for sure ...in large part, Americans have to re-learn that and I hope Palin has the chance to show us on a national scale.
What a coincidence! I was also raised in Margi Heath’s bra.
Aw, that’s so cute. My kitties used to play with my bunny all the time. They were very good friends.
Obviously you didn’t see the picture of the woman who owned the bra.
You dog is like mine. I’m always finding the body parts of adorable little animals under the chair in my study. Puppy brought Mommy a surprise, a squirrel leg!
You’re silly. :D
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