We took a call yesterday afternoon from a school that had managed to catch a fox with a bad case of mange. Amazingly the brilliant staff and pupils had managed to trap the poorly fox in a corridor in the school and even fed the hungry little guy before we got there to pick him…
Meet Barry and Barney, two 6 year old rescued pygmy goats we have recently admitted, these castrated boys are now looking for a life-long home.Goats need a large grassed area, free of poisonous plants with secure fencing and shelter to get out of the weather. They require hay and clean water at all times and…
We admitted this stray cat this week, although we are full and turning away requests to take in more cats every day, we just felt we needed to help this poor girl. A guy had been feeding her, she is all skin and bones, he caught her and took her straight to our vets. After…
We have taken in a record number of swans this year with illnesses and many injuries. We have three in our care at the moment, including this young adult that we collected this afternoon. The swan was found struggling to move around, the callers had been trying for several hours to get help, fortunately we…
Hedgehogs suffer some horrific garden injuries, many are too severe to survive. This young boy was lucky that he was found and came to us in time. His wound was deep and infected, he was in pain, very cold and dehydrated, all the signs of a garden incident from a strimmer or mower.The priority in…
This weekend we rehomed our three pygmy goats, two girls and a lucky boy. Rehoming from rescues creates space to rescue more, in fact we have two ready to collect next weekend.
It’s been another crazy busy week. Fortunately we have quite a few animals going to new homes including 4 cats, 2 sheep, 5 rabbits and 2 pigs. The other 2 big personalities that have found a home are Kenny and Chloe (Sunday best names: Sir Kenneth and Miss Clover!) As they are rehomed in the…
We love days like this when we actual get to take our rescued animals to their new homes. This weekend it was time to take Edna and Hilda to their new life-long homes as pets, never to be red or exploited for food.We rescued them earlier in the year, they were originally rescued from a…
We admitted this beautiful Jackdaw some weeks ago, he arrived with a broken wing. Where possible, we try to repair, if repairable and when there is a realistic chance of the survival and being able to be released. The break was complicated, the only way to repair it was for an operation, fortunate for this…
