In the past few weeks we have re-homed 6 goats with Molly joining the five already homed this weekend. This will make way for some more boys that should be coming this week. Molly joined her five friends at a great home where she has acres of lush green grass, friend to play with and loads of climbing frames.
Thank you to all of our volunteers, the cake makers, donors of gifts and everyone who made the effort to help our summer open day such a success. Although we officially opened at 11am, the crowds started from 10:30. We had a constant stream of visitors throughout the day, with over 1,000 attending in total. On the day, we…
Dolly was destined for slaughter, no-longer needed as a dairy goat. During her life, she would have repeatedly given birth to kids, so that she would produce milk which could be harvested every day. Fortunately we were able to take her on and offer her a better life. Dolly is very thin, bold in places and generally not in good…
This chap was found on the floor, unable to fly, the report we received was that he had a broken wing. Fortunately, although very weak and with flat fly, he was well, but unable to fly. He is now recovering with us, he was initially force fed for the first few days, but is now eating himself and eating…
This mother Mallard nests on the roof of the QMC Hospital every year to rear her young, the maintenance staff there take care of her and transport her young to water when ready. Unfortunately last week, roof repairs were carried out and mum and ducklings walked through wet sealant covering themselves in a sticky mess. Three of her chicks didn’t make it to us,…
Lush have been so supportive of our charity. Today we were allowed to have a fundraising event at their Derby store. We sold vegan cakes, charity merchandise and had a raffle of gifts donated by Lush. Also all of the money, less VAT, from the sales on the day of the Charity Pots, will be…
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…
This little girl came to us in April only a few days old, all cold and very weak. A few hour in an incubator and she was on her way to recovery. Over the weeks we have been taking care of her until large enough to fend for herself in the wild, where she was released yesterday. At…
Lush cosmetics have been really supportive of our charity. Last year they donated £1,000 towards our Dartmoor Pony rescue, this year they are supporting us through fundraising events at bot Nottingham and Derby stores. This weekend we were at the Nottingham store, next Sunday 1 July, we will be at the Derby branch. Its great…
