Beautiful little Jimmy who couldn’t walk 2 weeks ago decided to have a pootle round the front garden today. His stamina still isn’t good but he stands and walks better every day and loves having a little brush and fuss. He’s doing so well but has a long way to go before we see him running round with the other sheep.
This weekend we said goodbye to two lovely goats Arabella and Harold, they went to a new home living with other goats as pets. Arabella was an unwanted pet, Harold had been dumped in a farmers field. You may remember from an earlier post, Harold came to us in poor condition, now he’s recovered and…
Gorgeous George is one of the first wild Dartmoor ponies we rescued, he went to a great home a few years ago and has grown a lot! Sadly he was returned to us a few weeks ago. during his time he was backed and has turned into a very handsome young boy. It didn’t take…
As we were moving Matilda and her family to Surge Sanctuary, the space created was soon filled, we had another planned pig rescue taking place, Harry was on his way to fill the space created.Meet Harry, he is another very, very lucky boy. Harry was abandoned by a farmer who had taken animals of value…
We have been to two fox rescues this week in Sandiacre and Wollaton, sadly we could not save the lives of either fox, both we believe were victims of road traffic accidents. On Sunday we took a call about a fox lying close to a busy road breathing heavily, we tried our best but sadly…
Today we took delivery of our new muck spreader, well its not exactly new but it’s certainly fit for purpose. Thank you Henry and Ken at Stretton Agri-Machinery (http://www.stretton-agri-machinery.co.uk/) for helping us out, for finding a suitable budget spreader, refurbishing it, delivering it to us and giving us a lesson in muck spreading! Having 10…
Henry and Dixie have only been with us for a couple of months, however they have thankfully already been rehomed. This young couple now have a home in a massive open field, with five companion pigs, three of which have come from us in the past, Bertie, Truffles and Wally. We have already…
