On 19 December we rescued an African Grey Parrot who was sitting in a tree in Selston. The Parrot would not have survived long without food and in the cold.
We have now reunited Jaffa with her owner, she had been missing for two nights prior to us rescuing her, she’s a lucky girl and we’ll miss her.
At this time of year when the grass has stopped growing and our animals need to eat more and have warm bedding, our bills increase yet our income reduces. Have you considered buying our animals a present for Christmas and help with our running costs? To make a donation to buy feed, please Click Here….
This lovely young Ewe (to the RHS on the first pic) has just come to us as a stray. She was found on public land miles from any farm or other sheep, with no ear tag we are unable to locate her owner. She’s very nervous, not surprising considering her ordeal, being all alone. She…
Today Bertie was moved to his new, life-long home where he has an acre of land, a girlfriend and a stable to sleep in, a far cry fom the bungelow he came from, living on his own. Bertie met his girlfriend for the first time, he and Poppy, did a bit of speed dating.
We are normally very busy at the sanctuary, but when the weather turns cold, its non stop and there’s little time to rest. As well as all of the normal tasks like feeding, checking and cleaning all of the animals, its a non stop battle to keep the animals with fresh unfrozen water. All of the rabbits…
Meet Truffles, a pig we have managed to take in, one of only 5 we have taken in this year. Sadly we are contacted all too often to take in unwanted pigs, sometime for genuine reasons but all too often because people have bought thier piggie pets from breeder, not from rescue centres and they…
To celebrate Boris’s 4th Birthday, the Marlpool Brewery has launched a new beer, Blind Boris. Named after Boris our rescued blind bull, who will be 4 on July 8th. Boris was born a beef bull, his mother had BVD which caused his deformed eyes, although people feel sorry for him being blind, this has saved his life as we…
