Today it was a sad yet happy day as we said good bye to Sammy. We have grown fond of Sammy as we first saw him as a wild Dartmoor Hill Pony, rescued a few months ago.
In a short time, he has become very confident as we trained and handled him. Sammy is a very lucky pony, many ponies unfortunately are not so lucky, 800 Dartmoor Ponies have already been killed for their meat.
The other two buys colts rescued with Sammy are looking for good homes.
The ponies have been at Brinsley for five weeks now. We are very pleased with the way they have settled and responded.
We have released another swan, the second in two days, after treatment. We rescued this one after reports that she had collapsed. On release we Searched for her partner, however he couldn’t be found, we left her near her nest and she was calling out for him. We hope they become reunited.
Last week was devastating for us, losing two of our beautiful older cows in only a few days. We cannot possibly replace Herbie and Maisy, however this loss does create space to allow us to rescue more. Yesterday we took delivery of Rudy, Speedy and Gracie, these beautiful calves are now saved to live their…
Another day and another bird of prey, we now have 7 Tawny owls with us. This chap got himself caught in netting at a school, thankfully workmen on site built a scaffold to get access to him so he could be freed and brought to us. We carefully removed the remains of the net that…
Gloria came to us from a member of the public when she was found wandering on Ikea car park. She was loved by all of our visitors at our sanctuary and will be missed.
A few weeks ago Annabelle was in our hospital living in a harness with a double leg fracture. A few weeks on and lots of perseverance and Annabelle decided she was going to walk unaided for Christmas. Farm animal are selectively bred by man to produce ever cheaper food, this is at the detriment…
