WHEN friendships blossom those in the animal kingdom usually stick to their own kind, but the creatures at Burnside Touch Farm don’t believe in discrimination against other species when forming special bonds.“By then we had moved Poppet out of our entertainment lounge into an outside playroom but she was crying from loneliness, so we moved Miss Molly in with her.
“Now they eat together and on weekends walk down to the touch farm. When they’ve had enough of that they come back and scream at the gate to come home.”
The story about Shaun the sheep and White Star the goat is equally touching.
“Shaunie came to us from a neighbouring farm and he was sick with an illness that causes diarrhoea and lameness so he stayed in a basket next to my bed for weeks before moving into the lounge, but eventually my husband Donovan said it was time to move him to the playroom outside.
“Shame, he was very upset and cried every night so we moved White Star in with him and they clicked straight away.”
When White Star, who had also been bottle-fed by Johnson after being rejected by her mother, decided to join other goats on the farm, Shaun went on a hunger strike until she was returned to his side.
“Shaunie and White Star don’t hang out with other goats on the farm,” explained Johnson, who teaches Kindermusik when she is not running her farmyard of demanding creatures.
“When it rains they shout at the paddock gate and go home to their playroom where they eat dinner together.” — barbarah@dispatch.co.za
Unlikely alliances blossom between four-legged friends
“By then we had moved Poppet out of our entertainment lounge into an outside playroom but she was crying from loneliness, so we moved Miss Molly in with her.
“Now they eat together and on weekends walk down to the touch farm. When they’ve had enough of that they come back and scream at the gate to come home.”
The story about Shaun the sheep and White Star the goat is equally touching.
“Shaunie came to us from a neighbouring farm and he was sick with an illness that causes diarrhoea and lameness so he stayed in a basket next to my bed for weeks before moving into the lounge, but eventually my husband Donovan said it was time to move him to the playroom outside.
“Shame, he was very upset and cried every night so we moved White Star in with him and they clicked straight away.”
When White Star, who had also been bottle-fed by Johnson after being rejected by her mother, decided to join other goats on the farm, Shaun went on a hunger strike until she was returned to his side.
“Shaunie and White Star don’t hang out with other goats on the farm,” explained Johnson, who teaches Kindermusik when she is not running her farmyard of demanding creatures.
“When it rains they shout at the paddock gate and go home to their playroom where they eat dinner together.” — barbarah@dispatch.co.za
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