Tender-hearted sheep farmer Cui Jinxiu has saved this extraordinary lamb from the chop after he was born with just two legs.
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Sheepish Cui, 38, says she would normally have killed the youngster at birth, but was so impressed by his struggle to survive she began to hand-rear him.
"He was so determined to live he pulled himself up onto his own two feet and started drinking his mother's milk. I couldn't let him die," said Cui at her farm in Shangdong province, eastern China. Now the baaamy young lamb - who weighed in at just 11 lbs when he was born - and Cui are inseparable.
"He may only have two legs but he gets around very quickly and is pretty steady on his feet. He follows me everywhere and I haven't got the heart to slaughter him. After all, half my profit is missing anyway," she laughed.
Vets have told the farmer that the birth defect could have been a genetic throwback or the result of chemical pollution.
"He doesn't mind. He has such a friendly personality and I don't think he even realises he's disabled," said Cui.
/Telegraph.co.uk/