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Marley has a new place to call home
By SARAH GREEN, TORONTO SUN
Marley gets his first exposure to his new home with master Lesley Ferrier at the Air Canada Cargo building in Mississauga last night. (Veronica Henri/Sun)
This is Marley's redemption song.
Marley is a 3-year-old stray who, until a month ago, lived on a Jamaican beach and relied on the goodwill of tourists for food.
The light-haired dog, a Labrador and Rhodesian ridgeback cross, was deathly thin and limping on an injured leg when Lesley Ferrier first saw him while vacationing with friends in Ocho Rios last month.
The 51-year-old Aurora woman fell for Marley's sad brown eyes and arranged for his rescue from the beach.
Ferrier also found him a new home -- her home -- and Marley arrived last night on a flight from Jamaica.
"You could count his ribs. We really thought he was dying when I first saw him," Ferrier said. "This one just grabbed my heart ... I knew I was bringing him home."
Marley, whom Ferrier named, only came to the beach at night. Ferrier fed him with food from the buffet.
"Those eyes kept looking at me from the sand," she recalled. "He's just a sweet dog. I just couldn't leave him there. I just didn't think he had much of a life."
Ferrier contacted Animal House Jamaica, a shelter rescuing injured and stray animals, the night she returned home.
Shelter founder Maureen Sheridan, a Canadian, spent several nights on the beach looking for Marley and earning his trust.
Marley's injured leg -- likely kicked or hit with a stone -- was mended, he was vaccinated and treated for ear mites, fleas, ticks and worms.
Ferrier made a $1,200 donation to the shelter.
SkyService flew Marley's kennel to Jamaica for free and Air Canada also waived the cost of his flight yesterday.
By SARAH GREEN, TORONTO SUN
Marley gets his first exposure to his new home with master Lesley Ferrier at the Air Canada Cargo building in Mississauga last night. (Veronica Henri/Sun)
This is Marley's redemption song.
Marley is a 3-year-old stray who, until a month ago, lived on a Jamaican beach and relied on the goodwill of tourists for food.
The light-haired dog, a Labrador and Rhodesian ridgeback cross, was deathly thin and limping on an injured leg when Lesley Ferrier first saw him while vacationing with friends in Ocho Rios last month.
The 51-year-old Aurora woman fell for Marley's sad brown eyes and arranged for his rescue from the beach.
Ferrier also found him a new home -- her home -- and Marley arrived last night on a flight from Jamaica.
"You could count his ribs. We really thought he was dying when I first saw him," Ferrier said. "This one just grabbed my heart ... I knew I was bringing him home."
Marley, whom Ferrier named, only came to the beach at night. Ferrier fed him with food from the buffet.
"Those eyes kept looking at me from the sand," she recalled. "He's just a sweet dog. I just couldn't leave him there. I just didn't think he had much of a life."
Ferrier contacted Animal House Jamaica, a shelter rescuing injured and stray animals, the night she returned home.
Shelter founder Maureen Sheridan, a Canadian, spent several nights on the beach looking for Marley and earning his trust.
Marley's injured leg -- likely kicked or hit with a stone -- was mended, he was vaccinated and treated for ear mites, fleas, ticks and worms.
Ferrier made a $1,200 donation to the shelter.
SkyService flew Marley's kennel to Jamaica for free and Air Canada also waived the cost of his flight yesterday.
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