Rescued Sheep – Mum and Daughter
Meet Mary and Lamby as their called. this Mother and Daughter were pets, we took them on last week. Once sheered, vaccinated and wormed they will be introduced to our herd and put up for adoption.
Meet Billy, Douglas and Herbert – Rescued Dairy Calves
Like all other mammals, cows have to produce calves to produce milk. Cows produce milk for their offspring, not for humans and so the calves are the dairy waste by-product. The male calves and many of the females are taken from their mum’s at a day or so old and slaughtered, many end up in pet…
200 Chickens Saved from Slaughter
This week we have rescued a further 200 hens from a commercial caged farm in Cambridge, these hens would have otherwise been killed for pet food or cheap pies. Egg laying hens have a bleak life, as soon as they lay eggs around 16 weeks, they are confined into overcrowded cages, with little of their…
M62 Lorry Crash – Rescued chickens
You may have heard TV and Radio News Reports about a lorry crash on the M62 as it was travelling to the slaughterhouse, with 7,000 hens on-board. Unfortunately over 1,000 hens were killed in the crash and many more strewn across the carriageway. Whilst a few hundred were rescued, many thousands continued with their horrific journey…
Hedgehog Awareness Week 4th – 10th May
Today we will be live on Radio Nottingham’s lunchtime show putting the finishing touches to a hedgehog box in order to raise awareness for this native little creature that is currently fighting for survival. Over the weekend 2 of us (and a friend that was visting us socially) made 2 hedgehog boxes, 1 of which…
Mice and Gerbils in need of a Loving Home
If you can offer a life-long loving home for mice or gerbils, please get in touch with Laura at Kirkby Pet Welfare at – [email protected] Or Facebook Or call Laura on mobile number if you like, 07807 209212. There are a pair of baby male mice, 6 weeks old, must stay as a pair. 6 female mice…
Spring 2014 Newsletter
Welcome to our Spring 2014 newsletter, which you can download from the link below; Spring 2014 Newsletter We aim to make this a regular feature, to promote what the charity does and help us raise vital funds. If you have rescued an animal from us and want to share the store with our readers, please…
A sad weekend at the Rescue
It is hard enough running a rescue, giving up all of your free time to care for rescued animals and raising the funds, but coping with them passing away is something we never get use to. As I type this post, I have tears rolling down my face as it has been one of the…
Event 5 July
Thunderbrook Equestrian’s Dr Debbie Carley is hosting a talk on Equine Nutrition in aid of Brinsley Animal Rescue. If you have a horse please book your place now and help us raise vital funds, please also support this event by sharing it on Facebook. Tickets are £7 in advance and £10 0n the day at…