Swan Rescue
An elderly cob has just been admitted, brought to us by the RSPCA (England & Wales), he’s weak and a little subdued.
Thankfully he started eating and drinking rehydration fluid, a good sign, fingers crossed.
An elderly cob has just been admitted, brought to us by the RSPCA (England & Wales), he’s weak and a little subdued.
Thankfully he started eating and drinking rehydration fluid, a good sign, fingers crossed.
When we cleared out one of our stables to make way for 150 ex-battery hens, we moved some bales of straw and disturbed a family of wild mice. Unfortunately the mother ran off and we could not find her. We had no choice, her babies were too young to defend for themselves so we hand…
This beautiful sparrow hawk flew into a mirror causing concussion and a broken toe, they have overcome the concussion and the toe healed. After a week in our hospital they were moved to an aviary and now released.
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…
Another feed for one of the 5 hoglets we are currently rearing, these require a feeds every two to three hours now from 5am until 23:00. The rate of decline in hedgehogs is unsustainable, we all need to do everything we can to help these native creatures. If you can, please leave a wild part…
No sooner have we found life-long homes for 3 ewes and a ram, we fill up again with five more rescued sheep.This crew came from a family that rescued them in good faith when they were off for slaughter, they had intentions of providing them with a life-long home. Unfortunately this didn’t work when the…
A few weeks ago Annabelle was in our hospital living in a harness with a double leg fracture. A few weeks on and lots of perseverance and Annabelle decided she was going to walk unaided for Christmas. Farm animal are selectively bred by man to produce ever cheaper food, this is at the detriment…