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Orphaned foal saved by nanny goat who stepped in to feed him

A colt who lost his mother a few days after he was born has been saved thanks to a nanny goat who stepped in to feed him.

Imelda and Jim Kingston, from Co Cork, Ireland, welcomed a foal from their homebred Irish draught mare Carrigbawn Sunset on 17 April but owing to complications with the placenta, the mare died a few days later.

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Article written by: Becky Murray

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