This unfortunate swan managed to get a large fishing hook caught in his foot. This has now been removed by a vet and he’s with us whilst resting and completes a course of antibiotics.
All looks positive for a release back with his partner in a few days time.
Milo, a young male goat came to us in the Summer. As he was uncastrated, he initially had to be housed separate to our herd, we already have enough unwanted animals being given up! Like many animals, they are not content on their own, so we needed to get Milo castrated and with the herd…
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…
Today we released three birds back into the wild. We released a blackbird and a pigeon which we had hand reared from young chicks. We also released an adult pigeon that came to us injured. All of our birds spend time in our aviary to prepare themseves ready for release.
Today, after we finished all of the normal daily morning chores, we headed off the Newark where Venus a female rabbit found a lovely life long home with a boy bunny. Then we headed off to Yorkshire to collect Barney, a 7 year old pygmy goat. Barney had been living all on his own since…
Back in April we took in this doe Roe Deer, she was admitted to our hospital during our Spring Open Day. This poor girl had been hit by a car and sustained injuries all over her body, in particular her legs. After a course of antibiotics & pain killers for severe infection to one of…
Meet Billy, the latest goat to come to the sanctuary. Billy is a 12 year old castrated male, he came from a dog rescue centre where he has been living for the past few years on his own. Billy is now with other goats, he is very friendly and looking for a permanent life-long home….
