We admitted a baby stoat a couple of weeks ago, they are flourishing and have progressed from being bottled feeding to eating solids.
The weather iscertainly having its toll on wildlife. If you can put out food for wild animals to help them through this cold snap, it could be the difference between life and death. We have taken in dozens of calls today, we can’t rescue everything but we do what we can. Today we have rescued…
Today we had a stall at Brinsley Christmas Market. With the help of Bric a Brac (kindly donated by Angela), 2 keen volunteers and a display board we managed to raise just over £80. Thanks to eveyone who bought things from us and put money into our collection tin and special thanks to Angela. This…
We have had a really productive week in terms of re-homing with lots of bunnies going to new homes and last Sunday Minty the pony found a perfect forever home with a new friend. Minty had been with us for nearly 2 years as a nervous little pony whose previous owner was prosecuted. It took…
Its sad to say goodbye to Woody as he leaves us for a new home, but really we are happy, he now has Acorn to keep him company. Too many people don’t do their research before buying pigs as pets and they go to breeders, over looking those in rescue centres, then we get inundated…
This very young fallow deer fawn was brought to us after being found trapped in a wire fence and had been separated from her mum. Thankfully she arrived in reasonable shape, the wound isn’t too deep, it’s clean and not infected, so it’s been cleaned and treated with a topical antibiotic. Deer often hide their…
Recently there has been a spate of attacks on swans not far from here. A swan has been shot in Jacksdale and Codnor as well as another 4 being attacked and 1 being decapitated. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are offering a £1000 reward for anyone with information on these horrific crimes. Anyone…
