Lush have been so supportive of our charity. Today we were allowed to have a fundraising event at their Derby store.
We sold vegan cakes, charity merchandise and had a raffle of gifts donated by Lush.
Also all of the money, less VAT, from the sales on the day of the Charity Pots, will be donated to us. Lush put a our name on the pots, along with a photo of a stoat we hand reared and released last year.
Thank you Lush
Please help Billy, Herbie and Boris? We need to build a corral and cattle crush for our cows. They are all getting very large and when we have to treat them, such as worming, TB testing, hoof trimming or for emergency treatment, we need to be able to handle, inspect and treat them. We’ll use…
Rescuing animals can often be stressful and emotional and all too often with wild animals, rescuing means making the decision to end suffering by ending a life, yesterday we had to make such a decision. We took a call regarding an injured fox who had been dragging his rear legs, we loaded our rescue kit…
We have admitted yet another patient injured by fishing line, this time a tawny owl. On admission he was a very sorry state, a very bedraggled lifeless owl. We carefully cut away and entangled the line, ensuring we removed it all without causing him injury. The line was wrapped around his body and a wing,…
In recent weeks we had been releasing hedgehogs but then due to unseasonably hot weather with no rainfall we stopped again! One of our hibernating hedgehogs also only woke up last week and even then needed a little encouragement to venture out of a very large, warm nest! Thank goodness we now have some rainfall…
Managing a 22 acre animal sanctuary whilst holding down full-time jobs is hard, coping with the snow creates additional challenges for us all, we are though so grateful for our team of dedicated, animal loving volunteers, who turn out no matter what the weather to help ensure our residents have warm bedding, top up frozen…
Today we have rescued these cute little fellas, two castrated male pygmy goats. Their owner who gave them up, originally inherited them when their former owner passed away, but now they are unable to keep them any longer. We have put them into temporary isolation whilst we check them over, trim their hooves, worm and…
