This mischevious trio of gerbils lived in our office for a few months and kept us entertained. On Sunday, one of our volunteers fell in love with the little fellas and so they made their way to a new home. We miss them already but do have more that need new homes!
Name: Brian Age: unknown, possibly 3yrs+ Male Brian is a large, and very sweet chocolate-brown guinea pig who was rescued in December from living all alone outside in temperatures of -18C, where he would certainly have died. He is an unneutered male who wants some human and guinea pig company.
This weekend we took Colin to his new, life-long home. We originally took in Colin in August this year, he was reported to have been a stray. He wasn’t castrated, so we needed to sort that out, to get him ready for rehoming. Male pigs need to be castrated, this makes them less boisterous but…
Today we re-homed Geraldine to a great new home, one she really deserves. A few weeks ago we received a call about a loose goat, which had been seen in a hedge bottom alongside a road for a couple of weeks. The worried caller said that the poor goat wasn’t in great shape and was very thin. He had managed to trace the…
Our volunteers have mixed feelings saying goodbye to Bob and Brenda, two geese that have been with us to seven years now. Geese make great guard dogs, they are territorial and if you’re a stranger, beware of the loud honks and ankle nipping! Generally people are more frightened of geese than they are of dogs….
Earlier this week we fetched 50 commercial ducks from Worcestershire, that were off for slaughter, these have been factory farmed for their eggs, now at the end of their commercial life they were off for meat. We have been unable to save over 5,000 that have gone to the slaughter house, but at least these girls…
