Amor animal: un perro adoptó a una familia de patitos

Por alguna razón, la madre pato dejó a la mitad de los bebés que tenía en su nido cuando se fue a un estanque. Pero Fred, un labrador de 11 años que vive en el castillo de Mountfitchet, en Inglaterra, los conoció y no iba a abandonarlos: los adoptó y la nueva familia se vuelve viral en las redes.

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Fred, the famous Labrador dog is not ducking out of his duties as he again steps in to foster seven day-old ducklings. The mother, a Muscovy duck, had fourteen babies but for some reason left half of them behind in the nest when she wandered off to the nearest pond with the other half of the ducklings dutifully following along behind her. 11 year old Fred became famous last year when he fostered nine orphaned ducklings and baby sat them until they were old enough to be integrated into the safety of the medieval castle grounds with all the other animals that roam freely within the 10 acre site. So only this morning, as soon as Fred was shown the little ducklings all huddled together, he instantly lay down around them to keep them warm much to the delight of the Castle's owner and staff, who breathed a huge sigh of relief when they knew that dear old Fred was willing to step in. "He took to his role like a duck to water". Within minutes the ducklings accepted their odd looking new mum and were climbing all over him. #fredthelabrador #mountfitchetcastle #muscovyducklings #essex

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