Badger Released
The badger we took in via Mid Derbyshire Badger Group has been successfully released back to where he was found. As they are nocturnal, its important that this is done at nighttime whilst they are active.
The badger we took in via Mid Derbyshire Badger Group has been successfully released back to where he was found. As they are nocturnal, its important that this is done at nighttime whilst they are active.
There have been many tears at the sanctuary as we have lost our battle to save our gentle giant. Billy went down last week and had to be helped up again, during the week he has been quite mobile and we were quietly confident, however on Friday he went downhill rapidly, the kindest last act…
We have rescued yet another unwanted pony, the country is awash with them!. Up and down the country breeders are unnecessarily putting mares into foal when there is no hope of a future for them unless rescue centres step in. The owner of this pony had hundreds. The breeding had spiralled out of control and…
At the sanctuary we receive calls at all times of day and night, not easy when we also work for a living, sometimes when we return home the voice mail is full and we have to prioritise the return calls. Last night we took two calls around midnight, one was for these two beautiful Doves. A member of the public found these two birds just…
In the past couple of weeks we have rescued another 175 battery hens, this includes 100 from Wales, in collaboration with the British Hen Welfare Trust. Battery hens, just like free range hens, are sent for slaughter at around 18 months old, they are replaced with younger hens to keep farms’ egg production rates high. The 175…
Hedgehogs arrive with all kinds of life threatening issues, generally inflicted by man, anything from poisons to getting tangled in garden netting or attacked by dogs. We don’t know the history behind this girl, but she arrived at our vets with a broken jaw, a condition certainly seen before and often fatal. In this case,…
This year we will be holding our Summer Open day on Sunday 11th August 2013 from 11am until 4pm. This a community event and so will have lots of local stalls, veggie burgers, a fabulous cafe and a licensed bar, selling Blind Boris, brewed by local Marpool brewery and named after our famous blind bull….