This week we have rescue 130 commercial barn hens going for slaughter. they are approximately 18 months old and came from a farm in Staffordshire. We now need homes for them to make space for another rescue.
If you can offer any a permanent home to be kept as pets, please email us with details of how many hens you can offer a home and pictures of your set up, we need to be happy that its fox proof and large enough.
Two weeks ago we collected a female swan from a nearby lake, she was very weak and kept collapsing. We examined her, she was thin but there was nothing obvious. So off to our local vets she went for an X-Ray. in the past we have had very poorly swans in, that have swallowed fisherman’s…
Spring Open Day Fund Raising Event 28th May! £1 entry – We will have all our usual charity stalls and other local animal charities as well as veggie burgers and lots of lovely cakes as well as some beautiful new merchandise. So come and see us and our current residents, we really hope to see…
The term ‘breeding like rabbits’ has a lot of truth! Sadly by the time many people have realised this it is far too late. A female rabbit has the ability to become pregnant again straight after she has given birth. The gestation of a rabbit is only approximately 30 days so perhaps you can see…
We just want to say a huge, huge thank you to everyone that helped out and supported our first open day on Sunday. We are so, so grateful to so many people. We raised nearly £2,000 with more money still being pledged which is more than we ever hope for.
It’s very rewarding finally releasing ducks back into the wild where they belong. So far we have released 18 ducks that have come to us as ducklings and have had to be reared and cared for, ducks are very messy and need to be cleaned out twice daily, so we are happy to see these…
We travel far and near to rescue these poor girls, this time is was a long trek down south to rescue another 110 hens, at their end of their short productive lives, we rescued a few of the tens of thousands going for slaughter, many going for pet food.
