Lonely lamb meets the daddy of his dreams
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00:00 I was going for a walk one morning and it was this little lamb that just popped up and ran straight towards me.
00:05 He was just so happy to be found and he just would not let me leave him alone.
00:10 And I think what had happened is he'd been born close by the night before
00:14 and possibly either got lost or got rejected from his mother and he'd wandered off
00:18 and then that group of sheep had been moved on by the farmer.
00:20 He was just stuck there on his own.
00:22 It would have lasted maybe that day on his own.
00:24 I found out who his mother was, tried to reunite them and she had absolutely no interest.
00:29 That's when I thought I've got to help him and save him.
00:31 Good morning little one.
00:33 He probably never had a drink from his mother.
00:34 Hi, kid.
00:36 What are you doing? Stop harassing me.
00:38 I went down to the vet's and got the special colostrum milk which they need when they're very young.
00:42 What means...
00:42 Within a week he was running around the garden.
00:44 Here we go.
00:48 Whoa.
00:50 He just had an absolute love for life, this incredible kind of happiness.
00:54 He had a space out in a shed with a garage but they want to be with you all the time.
00:59 He would come in sometimes.
01:04 Beans was having approximately six feeds a day.
01:07 I was working remotely so I would get my laptop and work outside with Beans sitting on my lap or next to me.
01:12 But it's always better for a flock animal to have at least one friend
01:16 because they learn so much from each other.
01:18 And there was two more lambs that I rescued so suddenly Beans had friends when he was getting older.
01:24 [Birds chirping]
01:26 Breakfast. Come on Frosty. Come on Florek, breakfast.
01:41 If you'd asked me 10 years ago if I was going to be starting a sanctuary I would have laughed at you.
01:45 The inspiration for the sanctuary is really Beans.
01:49 He incredibly grew these perfect little wings on his back of wool.
01:53 Completely natural. I wasn't brushing around or trying to pluck it in a certain way.
01:57 You're good.
01:57 And that's where the name St. Beans comes from.
01:59 Not any kind of religious but I thought what are the chances of randomly rescuing a lamb that changes your life
02:04 that grows perfect little woolen angel wings.
02:07 I grew up with dogs, German Shepherds and I realised there's not really that much difference.
02:12 They're the same size brains. The difference is more in our perception.
02:15 Beans, he's a Labrador personality.
02:17 Often people when they see sheep, they're seeing them when they're fearful.
02:21 So even a human who's fearful, you never get to really see their personality or their intelligence.
02:25 Beans! Beans! Beans! Beans! So when they're just got no fear like Beans does
02:28 you really start to see the intelligence that's there.
02:31 And he does things like he'll hide behind a corner and when he thinks I'm going into the feed shed
02:36 where he knows the pellets are kept, he'll wait for the perfect moment just when I come in to open the door
02:41 he'll suddenly pounce from nowhere and push me out of the way.
02:43 Beans, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
02:45 Panda, Panda. They know their names every bit as much as dogs.
02:50 Come on Beans.
02:51 Come on Beans.
02:53 Lambs, I've quite forgotten in society.
02:56 The longer term goal is to get a bigger piece of land and then to be able to rescue a lot more.
03:02 There's a huge need for it here in New Zealand because New Zealand exports a lot of lamb.
03:05 There's a lot of ones that just are falling through the cracks.
03:08 Beans, I love him and I'd do anything for him.
03:11 Hey, if I hadn't rescued him, I would have gone back into a corporate situation
03:15 and lived a completely different life.
03:17 So it's quite incredible how such a random event has changed the course of my life.
03:23 Beans, Beans, Beans.
03:26 (birds chirping)
03:28 (birds chirping)