This Tawny Owl chick arrived a couple of weeks ago and he’s doing well. When they first arrive, they see us as a threat and so won’t take food off us, so they need to be force fed to keep them alive. After a few feeds they start to readily take chopped up food from us, whilst clicking their beaks as a warning to us! Once he starts ripping up his own food, he’ll be moved into an aviary for the next stage of his progress to release back into the wild.
Today we have rescued 200 commercial hens, these had reached the end of their “commercial life” and were due to be sent for slaughter. Please get in touch if you can offer life-long homes for rescued hens. We ask for photos of enclosures and your set up, so that we are confident that it is spacious…
2012 was another challenging year for us, what with the appalling weather, a summer and winter of mud, but most of all, the sheer increasing number of calls to take in unwanted pets. Pets Unfortunately too many people treat pets as the disposable commodity, it is all too easy to get a pet without any checks, advice or neutering, then give it up. As…
These two beautiful goats were recently dumped. Meet Angel and Gabriel, now named by their new prospective owners. These two beautiful goats were found dumped in some woods, their ears were torn probably by the previous owners when they ripped out their ear tags, so that they could not be identified and traced. Both were…
When we first saw a breeder sell so called micro-pigs on the news, we just knew what would be coming our way. There is no such thing as a micr0-pig. Pigs are generally quite large and very, very powerful animals, a micro pig is a smaller version, but certainly not small or micro as many breeders claim.
A few moths ago we took in a signet who had been brought to us by Guardian Angels Bird Sanctuary. The signet had unfortunately got into trouble, she had gone over a weir and got separated from her family, sustaining a leg injury in the process. Thankfully after weeks of treatment and convalescence, she’s made…
Looking For The Ideal Christmas Gift? Why not “pop” along to our ebay shop, The Lovely Tails? Not only will you be purchasing a wonderful christmas gift, but you’ll be supporting a good cause too! Profits go directly to helping the animals at the sanctuary. Whether that will be contrubuting to essential vet fees…
