Author in bird hospital tribute to Jasmine
23.05.11
FANTASY novelist Sir Terry Pratchett has opened a new bird hospital named in honour of a little girl from Somerset who died from meningitis.
He visited East Huntspill's Secret World wildlife rescue centre on Friday afternoon to open the new facility.
Sir Terry performed the opening, assisted by the family and friends of Jasmine Clare, a little girl who died of meningitis last year and was a regular visitor to Secret World.
The well-known children's author said he was "delighted and honoured" to be asked to open the hospital and was also joined by Burnham-On-Sea Mayor, Michael Clarke.
With the number of orphaned and injured birds increasing yearly it was recently decided that a specialist bird room is needed to accommodate the animals.
A special appeal to raise funds for the bird room to be built was launched last spring and it is already being put to good use with lots of baby birds making good use of the facilities.
The late Jasmine Clare was described by her parents as "our little angel" and donations from the event were shared between Secret World and Meningitis UK in her memory.
Secret World founder Pauline Kidner told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "We have named the bird room after Jasmine as this will see birds taking to the wing on their second chance to the wild."
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