Six-year-old raised over R250 000 for pet shelters after his dog died

Buddy Braley, 6, invited strangers to feed his goats as a way of raising money for local animal rescue centers, in memory of his dog Brody.

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Buddy Braley, 6, sat beneath an umbrella on his family farm on Saturday next to a handmade sign: “Stop here! To feed goats for charity!” A rainy hour passed with no visitors and hungry goats.

“We live pretty much in the middle of nowhere, so we don’t get that much traffic coming by,” said Abbie Braley, Buddy’s mother, about their home near Gloucester, England.

Then a man visited and fed the goats. He gave Buddy about £60 (R1340).