Meet Jade - hero German Shepherd who found a newborn baby abandoned in a park in the UK. The healthy tot - who is barely a few days old - was discovered by dog-walker Roger Wilday wrapped in a towel in a plastic carrier bag by his German Shepherd on Thursday afternoon.

Hospital staff have named the baby in honour of Jade - the dog who may well have saved her life. Medics say Jade - who weighs six pounds - is "alert, happy and contented" as she continues her recovery.

West Midlands Police have released a picture of the baby and say they urgently want to reunite her with her mother.

Baby Jade was discovered by Mr Wilday at around 3pm on Thursday in Stechford Park, the West Midlands.

Mr Wilday, 68, said of his dog: "She headed to the bushes. She wouldn't come back so I had to go over and I saw the bag and then I heard a baby cry.

"I reached down to look at the bag closer and I saw a baby in a blue blanket, I was so shocked." "I dialled 999 and picked the baby up. She was warm so I don't think she had been there long."

Thanks for the story to the UK newspaper - The Daily Mirror  

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