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Massive thanks to everyone that has helped already towards the emergency yesterday. We’ll update you later as his surgery went really well and he’s now in recovery. TONIGHT we are doing another fundraiser for him at our regular Peoples Kitchen slot at the @sumaccentreuk As you know everything we do we do with passion and of course you’d expect nothing less from our cooking too!! We’ve been practising a Mexican meal of a bean chilli, rice and Mexican salad served with tacos of roast cauliflower and chipotle dressing. The suggested donation is just £5 and cakes will be sold separately. Sadly we have no entertainment tonight unless any ad hoc musicians, poets, amateur dramatics want to do something impromptually! Hope to see you all later for some hearty vegan food. And as always thanks to our culinary team!! X. #fundraiser #veganfood #nottinghamcharity #charityfundraiser #peopleskitchen #nottinghamanimalrescue
We had another emergency rescue last night that needed us to make the immediate decision to try and help. This gorgeous boy was rescued by the fire brigade in Ilkeston last night and was taken straight to the vets. On examination it was found that he had been in a road traffic accident and has a badly broken leg. He is now undergoing urgent surgery to try and pin the leg and we have agreed to take on this little fella and the cost of his surgery which has been estimated at £2,000 plus any additional treatment. Our open day funds have gone to pay for our winter hay and straw supplies and current vet bills and we had not anticipated or budgeted for any huge costs like this. As a registered charity (1135508) we are eligible for Gift Aid so any donations made through Enthuse (link below) will get Gift Aid automatically collected if you are a UK tax payer which helps enormously with our fundraising efforts. If you are able to help with this current emergency then this little soul won’t be able to say thanks but we can speak on his behalf and say a massive, massive thankyou. ♥️♥️ Thanks also to the legendary fire brigade who always step up to rescuing animals as well as humans and have helped us on so many occasions🙌. ++++DONATE USING THIS LINK +++++ https://brinsleyanimalrescue.enthuse.com/Cat_Rescue
Dan Buettner who researched the 'Blue Zones' found that people who volunteer live longer!! That means that all our amazing volunteers that turn up whatever the weather and give up their time for all our open days will live well into old age!! A huge, huge thankyou to everyone that helped out and supported us at our recent open day. It was amazing weather which helped enormously and encouraged almost 1,000 people to attend. We raised well over £5000 which goes a long way towards helping with vet, feed, hay and project bills. Massive thanks to Gayle, Amanda and Tony that helped for 3 days solidly before the event and even decided to help the charity instead of going to The Hacienda at Wollaton Park. Without our volunteers and supporters we would not be able to rescue those that cannot speak for themselves. Without our regular donors who give to help animals they will never meet we would cease to exist. From all our rescues, A BIG BIG THANK YOU!!
Our Freddie is in the news!
Don’t forget it’s our summer open day this Sunday. 11 until 4. Lots of residents to meet, cakes to eat, licensed bar and outside caterers as well as a fabulous raffle, children’s games and other local registered charities. The weather looks great and we hope to see you all at the weekend. Vegan ice cream will be on sale from @vicescreams the infamous veggie burgers will be on sale courtesy of @veggiescateringcampaign and more fabulous vegan food from @nobaloneyuk and as always beer from the @dancingduckbrewery
It’s been a full day of hoof trimming with the lovely girls and trainees from areionacademy. The ponies and horses have all loved their routine pedicures and have all behaved despite this mornings 70mph wind that sent some of them into a tail spin. The Hoof Trimming girls are nearing the end of their training and we are only too happy to be part of their journey in hoof trimming training. They take such good care of our ponies hooves and our equines are all so relaxed and sleepy after their trims that some have had to be woken up. Even Albie our naughtiest pony is a completely reformed character where his hoof trims are concerned. Thanks so much girls.
Another 4 Mallards released, we have 4 left that will be ready in a weeks time, that brings the total so far this year to over 30 Mallards released.
Freddie is real character, he is so loved by us and all of our volunteers, he's also very popular at our open days, the next being the 1st September so not long now! Freddie has a congenital deformity, his nose is twisted and lower jaw twisted by 90 deg, as he has grown the deformity has increased. At 9 years old, he is now fully grown, our vets are always amazed to see him still with us and how full of life he is. His condition really impacts on his ability to eat, he has a massive appetite however struggles to keep food in his mouth long enough to chew and swallow. We love Freddie so much, he is such a naughty boy who's always in your way and if your trying to get past him with some food, you have no chance, you get cow mugged! His favourite food is bananas, he's not able to eat them himself, we have to assist by pushing them deep into his mouth.
There are always many ups and downs when running an animal rescue, last week we had to say good night to Molly, originally rescued as a piglet along with her 4 siblings. Molly had deteriorated quite quickly, she had become very unsteady on her back legs, after mediation failed to help improve her condition, it was time to call the vet again to euthanise her. She was first sedated, her passing was then very quick and peaceful. On reflection we have to be upbeat, Molly along with her 4 brothers and sisters were rescued from a petting zoo, once a few months old and no longer cute piglets, they were due to be killed to make way for more piglets to bring the paying punters in. A kind person stepped in and they were saved. Its sad that Molly and her brothers and sisters have spent seven years of thier lives with us, waiting for that permanent home, whilst people continue to breed. However with us, they have had a first class home, they have been loved and well cared for. R.I.P. Molly
We rescue animals of all shapes and sizes, not just 1 tonne bulls but also little mice. Recently we took in a newly born wild mouse, soon to be joined by a second from a separate location, male and female. They arrived with thier eyes still closed so they would still be on mums milk. This is when we have to get out the extra, extra small syringe teats so we can feed them without flooding thier nose. Thankfully they have both now weaned and onto solids and just look at that buffet, no half measures here you know!
We love pigeons, they are such characters and are so hard, they arrive often with injuries that would leave any human screaming in pain but pigeons can sometimes arrive as though nothing was wrong and quite happily eat! This chap arrived emaciated, he had a huge lump pushing against hus crop, preventing him from eating properly. The crop is a sack where they first store seed after eating it. X-rays confirmed a liquid like substance from an abses, so today he went to our vets for a little operation to drain the fluid. He is now back with us and eating, although not happy having his medication.
This hoglet arrived today, only 68 grams!! He should still be with his mum. He was out in the daytime, he arrived cold, dehydrated, with fly strike and tics. This chap wouldn't last a few more hours in the wild, thankfully he was found. Now on a heat pad, fly eggs and tics removed and fluid therapy started. Hopefully he'll soon start eating, then we can get a poo sample examined for internal parasites. Its touch and go at this stage, the next 48 hours will be critical.
Ok so we have managed to squeeze in 1 more cat yesterday who was dumped in a bin but now we’ve had 2 more dumped on the drive. As a rescue we have to take in based on our resources, our funds, our volunteers time and the room available. We do not have limitless capacity which is why we’ve turned away over 300 cats this year. Yesterday’s little girl already needs an expensive dental, spay and bloods doing and one of this pair has a skin infection that needs urgently treating. The bills mount up and we have to raise all the funds to treat these poor souls that get cast out like an old tv set or a broken piece of furniture. Sometimes we feel like the local tip, a tip and dumping ground for last seasons animals and unwanted sentient beings. We will never understand a lot of human traits but at least we can try and amend what is wrong with society and do something proactive but at the moment it feels like a tidal wave of pets being cast out in the most harsh and callous manner. We are currently trying to find the owners as 1 of these is microchipped. In the meantime we must start treating the skin complaint urgently for the welfare of the cat. At the moment they are extremely frightened and we have no choice but to find the resources for these 2 intakes. Always, always ADOPT, DON’T SHOP!!! We need to stop this unnecessary breeding and buying of more unwanted animals and PLEASE GET YOUR PETS NEUTERED!! TODAY. If you can help with any of the vet bills for these latest intakes the link is in the bio. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 thankyou. #adoptdontshop #unwantedpets #catrescue #unwantedcats #catrescue #rescuecatsofinstagram #nottinghamcatrescue #rescuepets #neuter #spayandneuter #spayandneuteryourpets
When I walked into the kitchen this morning it was a day like any other and we’d just turned away yet another cat. Over 300 this year already and we know that a local vet is even housing 11 that are in desperate need of rescue space. For some reason though this one needed us more than ever and our bathroom was currently empty, this is how desperate things are sometimes!! This one had also been dumped in a bin and a small local community have been trying to catch and help her. They’d also taken her to the vet to see if she had a microchip to no avail. This girl needed a rescue quickly so we rang the caller back. We knew that although our hearts are so heavy at loosing Tommy we could now help another soul that was in need and if Tommy was looking down on us with his carefree attitude then he would want us to carry on in his honour. So, meet this gentle girl we’ve called Molly. She has such sass and confidence and such a purr that she has fitted in already. No coaxing or dreamies needed. She’s already booked into the vet on Monday for bloods, microchip and a dental check and we are hoping that Molly will be looking for a home soon. She is such a loving girl and someone will find this lady a perfect companion. She is sitting on my lap as I type this and we are so glad we squeezed this little lady in. Fingers crossed for Mondays vet appointment and hopefully she will find herself on our adopt list very soon and a new owner will not be disappointed at all the love and purrs she has to give. The past is behind you Molly and a new life is ahead. #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #catrescue #catrescuenottingham #nottinghamcatrescue
This year we have admitted more waterfowl than any previous years. We have now successfully reared and released 30 mallards with 7 more in our care, we have also successfully reared and released 6 greylag geese, including this pair released this week. We still have 3 more greylags which will go this weekend. Of the 9 greylag geese, 6 were siblings', they were brought to us as tiny goslings, sadly their mother was hit by a car as she crossed a road with her broad. We hope mum was looking down on her family, now healthy, living in the wild.
☀️RAFFLE & TOMBOLA PRIZES NEEDED!🌟 We are very much in need of Raffle and tombola prizes for our open day on September 1st. They are needed before the event. NEW items only please for both Raffle and tombola. If anyone of any companies have anything to gift, it would be very much appreciated to help us raise vital funds for the animals.🐑🐇 Thank you. Jon, Beth, David, and Amanda Trustees Brinsley Animal Rescue
This has taken us days to come to terms with and still we are crying at the sudden and tragic loss of our beautiful 25 year old Tommy. We actually brought Tommy with us to Brinsley after we adopted him from Animal Accident Rescue Unit. He has been part of our lives forever and all our neighbours new him with some even calling him ‘Tommy Two Dinners’ but we later found out that he was visiting at least 3 neighbours for more lunches!! When Tommy came to us he had been shot and had a deep infected wound that needed numerous operations and drains put into his stomach. Necrotic tissue had to be removed and he eventually ended up with quite the tummy tuck that gave him misaligned nipples. We were only supposed to be fostering Tommy at the time but after weeks and weeks of nursing we fell in love with the laid back little fella. On the day we were going to put him up for adoption he reached up to the breakfast bar and tapped us with his paw whilst we were eating breakfast. A friend who was staying with us said ‘I think he’s telling you he wants to stay’!!! So stayed he did. He has been a huge part of our volunteer room for all the years we have existed and has so many cuddles from every volunteer that has come and gone. He has had near misses with his life 3 times and been put on drips and in later life was on thyroid medication and had regular blood tests but has never once lashed out or scratched or bitten despite every procedure he had. In the early days of the rescue Tommy even featured on the Derek Acorah show and sat and purred away on Dereks big pink sofa whilst Derek proceeded to tell us about Tommys history and thoughts. We miss him so deeply and our job here never ever gets any easier and we feel such pain with the losses of such huge characters that have been part of our lives for so long. Rest in Peace Tommy we miss you so much 💔💔💔😢
This Cygnet from Friends of Gedling Country Park was reported to be injured, the rangers managed to catch them and bring them to us. The cygnet struggles to stand and walk, in particular they are struggling to put much weight on the right leg. There's no obvious injury showing on the x-ray, we have them on antibiotics, pain relief and anti inflammatory mediation, we are hoping for signs of recovery over the coming days.
Meet Flossy! She came in a few weeks ago because we generally are All Creatures Great and Small and she’s currently one of the smallest looking for a home. She came in as she was biting her previous owner who also had no time for her. Shes been living with one of our fosterers and has now learnt to trust humans and can now readily interact with her foster mum. If you can offer Flossie a home and give her the environment she deserves then please get in touch with the rescue. #rescuehamster #hamsterrescue #hamsterrescueuk #petrescue #adoptdontshop #adoptpets #rescuepets #rescuepetsofinstagram #rescueisourfavouritebreed