When we rescued Bertie the so called Micro-Pig, the BBC came with us to highlight the growing problem of breeders miss selling micro-pigs. Breeders sell them as ‘not growing larger than a Cocker Spaniel’, the reality is that they grow large and when kept un-castrated and on their own, can become extremely destructive. Watch the programme on BBC 1, East Midlands Inside Out.
We don’t take Herons in very often, when we do they have usually come on the wrong side of man. Often they have been been shot with air rifles, swallowed plastic or tangled up with fishing wire. This chappie though is a bit of a puzzle. Rescued from Attenbourough Natutre Reserve, he came to us all…
Today Maggie, Sky, Dorothy and Matilda arrived at their new home. We’ll miss these girls, however we’ve now got space to take in more animals, in fact there’s another pair already lined up to arrive.
Meet Humphrey, a stray / abandoned cat that has been handed into a vets with injuries, he isn’t chipped, he is now in our care. We have treated his wounds and will be ensuring he has full blood tests and vaccinations, he is allready castrated. He needs a loving life-long home. Humphrey is very sweet,…
We just want to say a huge, huge thank you to everyone that helped out and supported our first open day on Sunday. We are so, so grateful to so many people. We raised nearly £2,000 with more money still being pledged which is more than we ever hope for.
All creatures great and small. These two wild mice arrived yesterday cold and dehydrated, once they had been warmed up on a heat pad, we started feeding. Over 24 hours on and still very early days, thier eyes have started to open, they are taking hourly feeds and they are quite lively. Feeding rearing milk…
