Friday, November 1, 2013

Baby abandoned in Birmingham named Jade after dog that found her (Video)


This video clip of baby Jade was released by the West Midlands Police. Here's the story from the BBC:
Jade, who has been named by hospital staff, was found in a bag wrapped in a towel at a community park in Stechford, Birmingham, on Thursday afternoon. The girl, who weighs about 6lbs (2.7kg), remains in hospital and should make a full recovery over the next two days, West Midlands Police said.
Roger Wilday, whose German shepherd dog found Jade, said he was proud of her. The baby was thought to be about 24 hours old when she was found at about 14:00 GMT on Thursday and believed to have been there for about 30 minutes before being discovered...
Mr Wilday said he had been walking Jade the dog when the animal was attracted to some bushes in the park off Stuarts Road..

"I was just coming back [out of the park] and Jade went to some bushes and she wouldn't come back to me... I went to look and saw a carrier bag in the bushes and it moved," he said.
"I thought, 'what's that?' and heard a cry and so I looked in the bag and it was a baby in there."...

After making the discovery, he contacted a friend who called the police. Mr Wilday was told by them to pick the baby up and he was then met by officers in the park.
Roger Wilday said it very "lucky" his dog found the baby when she did
"If she had been there overnight, I think she might have died... I think my dog saved the baby's life. I'm very proud of her."
He appealed to the mother to come forward and contact police and said he hoped to visit Jade in the coming days.

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