Today two of our lovely pygmy goats Brian and Barry went to a wonderful new home, where they will have to get use to sharing a new girlfriend. These two boys (brown goats) were unwanted pets, they have been with us since October last year. Sadly we still have four more and we receive calls…
This week we have taken on a further 120 ex-battery hens that would otherwise be slaughtered. The farm in Norfolk where we fetched them from, was emptying their sheds, replacing 20,000 birds with young hens, to keep the egg yield high. We couldn’t rescue all 20,000 hens that are probably only around 18 months old, but…
This lovely pair of Embden geese (goose and gander) arrived this week after their owner sadly passed away. We were able to take them in as two other pairs in our care have been rehomed. Geese are not easy to rehome, they are often with us for several years untill a great home is offered….
This wild duck is another victim of careless fishing, she was observed with a fishing hook and line through her foot, thankfully a member of the public waded in to the lake to rescue her and bring to us.She was understandably distressed, we needed to get the barbed hook out of her food, treat her…
This male sparrow hawk has had a lucky escape thanks to the staff at the City Hospital, Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade and ourselves. He was found hanging pretty much upside down in a tree, in fact he was glued to the leaves by the ousing sap, he tried but could not escape the sticky leaves. We…
A Review of 2016 In 2016 we have taken in 1,007 animals, therefore pets, farm animals and wild animals. We can only take in animals to rescue when we have the resources, the funds, the space and the time. This means that we sadly have to turn pets away almost every day of the…
