Today we have rescued our first hens of 2011. Battery hens live a miserable existences and after a short life, the are sent for slaughter to maintain high egg production, in the name of cheap food.
This young male ferret, came to us from Animal Accident Rescue Unit, he is probably about 16 weeks old. We believe that he was dumped which is why someone rang up and described him as a wild polecat. He has now been moved on to a ferret rescue centre, awaiting a new home. If you…
Meet Pearl and Gem, mother and daughter Dartmoor Ponies and absolute sweeties, who arrived at the rescue last week. They soon got accepted into the rest of the herd in the field, these beautiful girls are inseparable and adorable.
We are very pleased to announced that Truffels has been re-homed. She came to us earlier in the year, she had lived with a family and thier pets dogs, but really she should be with other piggies as well. Whilst at ours she was surrounds by her piggy friends but now it’s great to see…
This poor duck has been in the wars but she is pulling through. Firstly she had human hair wrapped around her ankle, this had got so tight that it had cut through the skin and her foot had almost become detached. She was found in the city centre and as if this injury was not…
This week we have taken on a further 120 ex-battery hens that would otherwise be slaughtered. The farm in Norfolk where we fetched them from, was emptying their sheds, replacing 20,000 birds with young hens, to keep the egg yield high. We couldn’t rescue all 20,000 hens that are probably only around 18 months old, but…
