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Hero dog protects abandoned baby overnight

Hero dog protects abandoned baby overnight

A loyal farm dog has been hailed as a hero after he was found guarding an abandoned baby boy in Ghana, West Africa.

The dog was discovered nuzzled against the two-week old child who was left wrapped in blankets under a bridge in the town of Winkongo after it was left there by its mother.

The unlikely pair were found by a search party which had set out to find the dog after it went missing the night before.

Madam Azure, the district director of health, told local media outlet the Ghana News Agency that the child’s umbilical cord was still attached and had become infected, but that the child was otherwise in good health.

Local officials said it was unknown why the child had been abandoned, but that it had been placed in the care of the local health directorate until a new home could be found.

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