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Henry and Dixie Rehomed
Henry and Dixie have only been with us for a couple of months, however they have thankfully already been rehomed. This young couple now have a home in a massive open field, with five companion pigs, three of which have come from us in the past, Bertie, Truffles and Wally. We have already […]
Kiwi Arrives at the Rescue
Recently we took a call to take in this amazingly affectionate Kune Kune pig, who we now call Kiwi, when her partner had to be ethanised. Initially we had to say no, as we have to all too often, we can only take animals in when people rehomed the one we have and create space. […]
Rescue Stray Pig
Meet Colin, a rescued stray pig. Unfortunately we get inundated with calls to take on unwanted pets, pigs are no exception to this, sadly we have to many away away every week, we can only take them more in when we have space, space created when people rehome rescued animals that we have. This chap […]
Open Day Success
A massive thank you to everyone who supported our annual Summer Open Day. Thanks to our hard working volunteers who have been so busy preparing, setting up, baking and clearing away. Thank you also to the 600 people who came and visited us, despite the really poor weather and who braved the mud. Taking into […]
Rescued Goose
On Sunday we were called to see if we could rescue a poor Canadian Goose at the Riverside Festival, he had collapsed amongst the crowds of people. We soon caught him and put him into a goose bag to safely transport him back to our wildlife hospital, then just as we were leaving, the Festival […]
Meet Henry and Dixie
These two are new admissions at the rescue, two unwanted pets Henry and Dixie. Thankfully they are safe now.
Cow Pedicure Time
Although this looks a little brutal, the process of cutting the cows hooves doesn’t hurt them at all, it’s just like having your nails cut, but their nails are large and need a cutting disc on the end of an expert! The cows don’t know that we are there to help them, so they can […]
Seagull Rehab
Based as far away from the sea as we possibly can be it isn’t that often we get in gulls. However they are well known scavengers at tips and do come inland to see what human food they can scrounge. This cocky young gull came in last week and is eating all on his own. […]