A few weeks ago our friends at Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary took in 30 sheep from a gentleman who could no longer care for them. We are helping by taking on 6 ewes, and they have made good friends with our resident ram, Jakey.
The ewes are now all wormed, hooves trimmed and wool sheared, so they are looking for a permanent, life-long home.
We are very pleased to announced that Truffels has been re-homed. She came to us earlier in the year, she had lived with a family and thier pets dogs, but really she should be with other piggies as well. Whilst at ours she was surrounds by her piggy friends but now it’s great to see…
Blanch, Sophia and Dorothy have been rehomed, we are so happy for them.We are doing well this year finding good homes for pet pigs, these are 3 of 5 rehomed in the past few weeks alone, but as soon as we create space, they are queuing up to com in.Three out and we have two…
Finally its dry enough to shear the sheep.We rounded them up into a stable and once settled, they were checked over, sheared one by one and given their favorite treat, cashew nuts. Before being returned to the fields they’ll be vaccinated, wormed and hooves trimmed.Now they are ready for this lovely sunshine!
We are receiving an increasing number of calls to help grounded birds of prey, this year we have admitted many times more than any time in our history. Whilst some are admitted due to illnesses or injuries, many at this time arrive due to starvation. We believe the very hot dry summer has caused a…
The 2012 Christmas Open Day was a great success, thank you everyone who turned out in the bitter cold to support the charity and raise some much needed funds. The day was attended by around 400 and we raised a fantastic £2,464. We really can’t thank people enough and really appreciate everyone’s hard work and help. Hopefully…
In the past few weeks we have re-homed 6 goats with Molly joining the five already homed this weekend. This will make way for some more boys that should be coming this week. Molly joined her five friends at a great home where she has acres of lush green grass, friend to play with and loads of climbing frames.
