Brinsley Animal Rescue » sow http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org Call local rate 0845 458 2813 Fri, 11 May 2012 19:44:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Molly the Pig Rescue http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/2009/11/03/pig-rescue/ http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/2009/11/03/pig-rescue/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:56:24 +0000 Jon http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/?p=2884 We had decided not to take on any more pigs, 12 pigs eat a lot of food.

However when we heard about this poor girl and saw the condition that she was in, we had to do what we could to help get her out of the squalid, muddy conditions that she was kept in.

Her previous owner moved house and left a neighbour to care for her for a few days. Months later he had not shown up and although the neighbour did what he could, he had only agreed to help out for a few days.

We are now looking asking for donations to help us, we need to build her a new home and fencing to give her plenty of room.

Currently she isn’t in good shape, she is overweight from little exercise and poor diet, she also has laboured breathing.

Can you suggest a name for her?

Can you make a small donation to help us care for her? If you can please click on the link below;

http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/financial-support/

New pig

This is where she lived, up to her belly in mud.

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]]> http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/2009/11/03/pig-rescue/feed/ 0 The Great Pig Chase! http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/2009/06/04/the-big-pig-chase/ http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/2009/06/04/the-big-pig-chase/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:50:26 +0000 Beth http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/?p=1974 This week we have taken on yet another unwanted pig. She came with the name Charlotte but as we already have a pony with the same name we have renamed her Penny. Yesterday we set about introducing her to Rocky our Kune Kune pig thinking that he might like a friend.  Unfortunately he didn’t take too kindly to sharing his house and seemed quite upset by this potential new friend.  
Penny the pig
After a few hours together Penny was nowhere to be seen, she had given us the slip, crossed over the ditch and was on her way to Jacksdale (the next village). I ran after her but soon lost her in the long grass in neighbouring fields. I had to ring for assistance from people in the village and also rang the police as Penny was heading towards the main road.

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After nearly 3 long hours of searching and momentary glimpses of the escapee we ended up herding her into a stable at a nearby farm.

The whole saga didn’t end there as we then had to get a dog crate from our rescue centre and wheel her back on a trolley (see photo)!!

Update – Penny is now safely back. We have put her in a secure, fenced area in the hope that she never escapes again!

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