Gloria De-Piero MP for Ashfield paid a visit to the sanctuary today. I think she was a bit overwhelmed by Boris the bull who was wandering around but he loved the attention. She saw the progress of the wildlife hospital and had a look at some of the animals we are currently caring for.
This little chap is the first fox cub of the season, he was found during building works which disturbed the mother. He is probably around four weeks old so still being fed on milk, our task will be to keep him warm and bottle feed on milk replacement. Fox cubs do require a lot of attention, they…
We work very hard from 5am until 11pm, 7 days a week, so that we can rescue and care for so many animals and hold down a full time job. This time of year can get very depressing with the cold, wet weather and dark mornings and nights and the relentless phone calls and animals needing…
Yesterday we moved four of our rescued sheep to a new home. They soon settled in and ran around exporting thier new life-long home. In their new home they have an acre of grass to share along with shelter where they can get out of the sun, rain or wind. You often see thousands of…
At the best of times we received dozens of calls about birds, at this time of year with so many babies around, we get overwhelmed and sadly turn many away, many of which should not have been interfered with in the first place. Before you intervene to rescue any bird, please consider the following points;…
As many of you know our next ex-battery hen rescue was due to take place on 14th/15th Nov but unfortunately due to the powers that be (supermarkets!!!) this has been postponed until after Christmas. Due to consumer demand of cheap food over Christmas these hens will have to spend Christmas in cages. Fortunately though, we…
Meet Walter and Eddie, the latest handsome boys to join the sheep herd. They are Jacob sheep from a school farm project. It’s forecast to rain all week so they’ll have to wait a bit longer for us to get their enormous winter woolly coats off.
