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Wordless Wednesday: Out of Africa

Shhhhhh, LET'S GET WORDLESS!! Linking with the following:  Wordless Wednesday Mary Denham Wordless Wednesday The Jenny Evolution Wordless Wednesday

Missing presumed eaten - Feed the World 30

Do you remember the story of my daughter's puppy in Liberia? She left him behind,  when ebola forced them to evacuate in August.  The dog has  disappeared It is very likely that he has been eaten... Today I bought Feed the World 30 It was my first ever Itunes purchase. I urge you to do the same all the money raised is for helping  the fight  against ebola in west Africa... Thirty years ago, I also bought the Band Aid song. Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and friends raised millions  for famine relief in Ethiopia. I was twenty-one, the same age as my daughter I barely knew where Africa was. Fast forward thirty years daughter number one, newly arrived in Liberia sends me a photo of a flee ridden, worm infested puppy  bought as a guard dog. You can read the story here I send a care package full of flea and worming tablets, dog chews and treats, when she left he was a healthy growing dog... I will leave her ...

Out of Africa? A Liberian puppy "Ebola"

'Mum, I bought a dog We sacked the Security Guard and I spent $5 on a puppy He's covered in fleas but he's very cute'... Daughter Number One is in Africa.  She is living with no running water, infrequent electricity, sporadic internet and this mutt. Saturday Critters: New Guard dog! Her e-mail arrives whilst we are in New York on holiday. The next day we find ourselves wandering round the American Museum of National History I am drawn to the African Mammals  and wonder how many of these exotic animals she will get to see during her time in Africa? 'Suppose it could be worse - she could have a pet monkey or pigmy hippo?! Black and White Colobus Monkeys  American Natural History Museum, New York So unable to forget about this poor flea infested dog, I'm in the pet shop a few weeks later... 'I need some worming and flea treatment for a puppy'. 'No worries - How old is the dog?'.... 'Ermm not ...