Pepper and George
These two Kune Kune pigs (pronounced Kunie Kunie) came from Liverpool. Pepper and George kept frightening their owners horses and were therefore given up.
Its not often that we get to rehome large animals, we are so please that they now live in 12 acres.
We get quite frustrated by the usual phone calls about pet pigs, but for once we received a call with a difference. Far too often we get calls from people who have bought piglets from a breeder, then several months later the pig is too large and destructive and they don’t want them any more and…
These two beautiful goats were recently dumped. Meet Angel and Gabriel, now named by their new prospective owners. These two beautiful goats were found dumped in some woods, their ears were torn probably by the previous owners when they ripped out their ear tags, so that they could not be identified and traced. Both were…
This is our special little boy, Shaunie, born with a deformed rear leg. Although Shaunie has half of his rear right leg missing from birth, he is a very capable ram and his birth defect has saved his life. Shaunie is this years lamb, but when it came to sending the lambs to market, he was…
We fetched this poor fox this weekend from a nearby town. Initial reports were that the fox was lying in a hedge bottom and looking very sorry for himself, it didn’t sound good at all. By the time we got there, all kitted out to rescue him, he had moved. Even a dying animal, fearing…
A week ago this tawny owl was admitted after being struck by a car. On examination we could not see any physical injuries, however they were in a sorry state. They were very lethargic with an injury to the right eye. We feared the worst however as there were no injuries or broken bones, we…
The past couple of weeks has been so hard for us all at Brinsley, we have lost two of our beautiful friends. Shaunie the sheep came from a farm when all of his siblings went of to be slaughtered. Shaunie though was special, he had a deformed rear leg, in fact only half a leg…
