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DOG RESCUES GALAXY OF STRANDED STARFISH !!!

On a tiny reef off the coast of Diani Beach in Kenya, a galaxy of starfish is about to kiss the sun. In the distance, a small, sandy dog named Princess begins cutting across the glassy surface of the Indian Ocean. Perched at the front of a wooden canoe, she’s leading the race to bring the sea stars to deeper waters before it’s too late.

“We knew the tide would be at an all time low and at the hottest time of day so the reef would be extremely exposed,” conservationist Jenny Desmond explains while stroking Princess who is glued to her legs after a hard day’s work. “It was likely the starfish would be unable to move quickly enough to get out of their remaining tiny tide pools and into deeper waters before the sun dried them up. So we went out in a dugout canoe with a sail made of used cloth and started gathering them up as fast as we could.”

And Princess, who loves to have a job, immediately began imitating her human family.

“Princess was enthralled,” Jenny says. “She followed us everywhere as we gathered them, even trying to pick some up herself . Although she is very gentle with other creatures, we decided she might accidentally damage them so we put her on guard duty looking over those we had moved to deeper water. She was extremely interested in them and had to go see each and every one.”

“It was miraculous and a truly moving experience,” Jenny explains of her real-life enactment of the famous starfish rescue parable. “We had no idea how powerful it would be or the vast number of starfish who had already begun to be impacted by the sun. It was wondrous, in the clear blue water, working with the Kenyans, our friend Luciana Parazzi and, of course Princess, on the ‘Secret Starfish Reef.”

When she was just a year old, Princess was taken into foster care at the home of Jimmy and Jenny Desmond , American conservationists with passports bearing the ink of dozens of countries. Jimmy, who grew up in Boston, was in veterinary school at the time, training in a wildlife specialty that would ultimately lead him to work with some of the world’s most prestigious organizations including the Jane Goodall Institute. He’s a bit of a Dr. Doolittle, working with everything from the newborn vervet monkeys to full grown elephants. Jenny was raised in Colorado and has extensive experience in sanctuary management, a gift for healing wild orphans and is International Programs Director for the Harmony Fund animal rescue charity.

As part of this special family, Princess has often demonstrated her own special gift for saving animals and has been a “nanny” to chimpanzees, gorillas, bushbabies, squirrels, piglets, puppies and kittens. To see the photo gallery of Princess, click here http://on.fb.me/1WpdLp6



DOG RESCUES GALAXY OF STRANDED STARFISH !!!On a tiny reef off the coast of Diani Beach in Kenya, a galaxy of starfish is about to kiss the sun. In the distance, a small, sandy dog named Princess begins cutting across the glassy surface of the Indian Ocean. Perched at the front of a wooden canoe, she’s leading the race to bring the sea stars to deeper waters before it’s too late.”We knew the tide would be at an all time low and at the hottest time of day so the reef would be extremely exposed,” conservationist Jenny Desmond explains while stroking Princess who is glued to her legs after a hard day’s work. “It was likely the starfish would be unable to move quickly enough to get out of their remaining tiny tide pools and into deeper waters before the sun dried them up. So we went out in a dugout canoe with a sail made of used cloth and started gathering them up as fast as we could.”And Princess, who loves to have a job, immediately began imitating her human family.”Princess was enthralled,” Jenny says. “She followed us everywhere as we gathered them, even trying to pick some up herself . Although she is very gentle with other creatures, we decided she might accidentally damage them so we put her on guard duty looking over those we had moved to deeper water. She was extremely interested in them and had to go see each and every one.”"It was miraculous and a truly moving experience,” Jenny explains of her real-life enactment of the famous starfish rescue parable. “We had no idea how powerful it would be or the vast number of starfish who had already begun to be impacted by the sun. It was wondrous, in the clear blue water, working with the Kenyans, our friend Luciana Parazzi and, of course Princess, on the ‘Secret Starfish Reef.”When she was just a year old, Princess was taken into foster care at the home of Jimmy and Jenny Desmond , American conservationists with passports bearing the ink of dozens of countries. Jimmy, who grew up in Boston, was in veterinary school at the time, training in a wildlife specialty that would ultimately lead him to work with some of the world’s most prestigious organizations including the Jane Goodall Institute. He’s a bit of a Dr. Doolittle, working with everything from the newborn vervet monkies to full grown elephants. Jenny was raised in Colorado and has extensive experience in sanctuary management, a gift for healing wild orphans and is International Programs Director for the Harmony Fund animal rescue charity. As part of this special family, Princess has often demonstrated her own special gift for saving animals and has been a “nanny” to chimpanzees, gorillas, bushbabies, squirrels, piglets, puppies and kittens. To see the photo gallery of Princess, click here http://on.fb.me/1WpdLp6

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