- Lily the lamb was found in a ditch by a dog walker in Stoke-on-Trent
- Local butcher Sean Landy nursed the animal back to health
- The 41-year-old butcher said the lamb ‘won’t end up on the dinner table’
A dying lamb which was left to die in a ditch has been rescued and nursed back to health by a butcher.
The lamb was found with a broken leg by a dog walker in Stoke-on-Trent, who then called the local butcher Sean Landy.
Yet instead of making minced meat of the poor lamb, the 41-year-old butcher decided to splash out £400 on medical bills and nurse the animal back to health.
Six-week-old Lily the lamb now lives in the family home after recovering from her injury and is reluctant to go back outside with the rest of the sheep as she would much rather follow Mr Landy around.
Butcher Sean Landy, 41, found the young lamb in a ditch in Stoke-on-Trent and has helped nurse the animal back to health
Mr Landy, who runs Audley Country meat and rears his own livestock, said there had been some surprise that he would nurse the lamb back to health being a butcher.
He said: ‘She was in such a sorry state when I found her and if I had not helped her she would not have made it.
‘If it was a cat or a dog I would have done exactly the same thing. I care for all my animals.
‘I’m really pleased that I did it. Lily is so lovely.’
Mr Landy, who runs Audley Country meat and rears his own livestock, said there had been some surprise that he would nurse the lamb back to health being a butcher
She was found in a ditch with a broken leg the day after she was born but six weeks later she is building up muscle and is able to walk
Mr Landy said that the lamb behaves like one of the dogs – even going out to urinate with them.
‘She thinks she’s a dog because she’s spent so much time with them. She plays with the dogs and even goes out for a wee when they do.
‘I put her out in the pasture with my other sheep at the weekend and she was not happy.
‘She’s used to the warmth and company in the kitchen and I can’t blame her. She follows me all around the house when I’m in. It’s like I’ve ended up with a woolly pet.
‘She definitely won’t end up on the dinner plate.’
Mr Landy, who runs Audley Country butchers, said the lamb believes it is one of the dogs and even goes out to wee with them
The butcher said the Lily the lamb ‘won’t end up on the dinner table’ after he saved her and nursed her back to health