By Kate Pounds

A tiny goat triplet shunned at birth is thriving after she was taken in by two sheepdogs.

Lil, now five-weeks old, was born weighing just 500g - one-third the typical weight of a baby goat - on June 3.

But while her sisters were born normal weight and healthy, Lil couldn't stand or suck to feed from mom Betsy, so staff at Studley Grange Farm Park near Swindon, Wilts., had to step in.

Farm manager Julia Stewart, 50, made the tough call to bottle feed the newborn and bring her into the staff room.

Lil was so cold and shivery that Julia's friend made a special suit for her to wear, out of an old sock.

Then the farm's two sheepdogs, Luna, 14, and Nya, nine months, took an instant shine to Lil.

They stepped in a surrogate parents - washing her, playing with her and even

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