A rare occasion, baby Stoat rescue
It’s not everyday that we get a call to rescue a baby Stoat, but today is like many other days, full of surprises.
It’s not everyday that we get a call to rescue a baby Stoat, but today is like many other days, full of surprises.
On Wednesday we rescued 4 dartmoor ponies, these ponies have been rounded up off the moor and were destined for slaughter. Of the 150 destined for pet food, 42 have been rescued by people and animal sanctuaries around the country.
Juniper & Gwendolyn were destined for the Christmas table when a conscientious person bought them off a farmer as they could not bear the thought of them being slaughtered and eaten.
When people rehome a rabbit from us, we ensure that it has undergone a thorough health check including the teeth.
Last week we rescued 110 battery hens, today we have taken in another 65 hens that has served their purpose and were intended for slaughter.
Today we received the news that we have been waiting for. Brinsley Animal Rescue which became a Charity in January 2009, became a Registered Charity.
Over the winter we had over a dozen hedgehogs brought to us that were either ill or injured and needed treatment, or they were young and too small to survive hibernation.
Many people purchase their pet rabbits from pet shops, where they are offered little if no advice and the pets are certainly not vaccinated. Each year thousands of wild and pet rabbits die a painful death from what is a preventable virus, myxomatosis.