08-22-2008, 06:25 PM
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All important elusive independent swing voter...
Location: People's Republic of KKKalifornia
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Ah, just had to add another one:
Dog protected abandoned newborn, doctors say - CNN.com
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Dog protected abandoned newborn, doctors say
(CNN) -- A dog has been credited with sheltering a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday.
The infant was found in a field with this dog and her newborn puppies.
Dr. Egidio Melia, director of the Melchor Romero Hospital in La Plata, said police showed up at the hospital at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday with the baby.
He said doctors told him that a resident had heard the baby crying in a field behind his house and went outside in the 50-degree weather to investigate. The resident found the infant with the dog and her newborn puppies and called police.
Police took him to the hospital, where doctors determined that the infant was only a few hours old, Melia said.
Though he had superficial scratches and bruises and was bleeding from his mouth, the infant was in good shape, Melia said.
The next morning, driven by a neighbor, the mother showed up at the hospital and told authorities the 8 pound, 13 ounce infant was hers, Melia said.
The mother has also been hospitalized in good condition but is under psychological treatment, he said. She has said little about the incident.
The child has been transferred to a children's hospital in La Plata, 37 miles from Buenos Aires.
Asked whether the story told by police to hospital personnel was true, the doctor said, "I can't certify that."
During the 37 years he has practiced at the hospital, he has never heard such a tale, he said.
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I wonder if a cat would do that...
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