A newborn foal has become best friends with a family's cats and dogs after being rescued from floods.
Shetland foal Joy was found practically entombed in freezing cold mud in recent flooding in Victoria, Australia.
Rescuers dug her out and rushed her home where, in front of a roaring fire, she started to show signs of life.
Still less than two weeks old, Joy is now being cared for by Quest Equine Welfare president Rebecca Atkins at her home.
Her main playmates are two dogs, both taller and twice as heavy as she is, and she also loves snuggling up to cats Miffy and Willy for a snooze.
Ms Atkins said: "She needs a bottle of mare's milk formula every 40-45 minutes, then a 30-minute nap then play and prance time, and then we go through it all over again.
"It will be worth it if she survives because we can call her our greatest ever little miracle."
She is now virtually recovered from her ordeal, though her right eye is ulcerated as a result of her head being left packed in mud and it is unsure whether this will heal.
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