Too often with wildlife rescue, we have to let animals go to end suffering.
Today was such a case, we took a call for this grounded Heron. We easily caught them, thats never a good sign. A quick examination, they were extremely emaciated and weak.
A thorough examination at the vets revealed an old injury to his leg and an amputated toe. Its likely that this debilitating injury led to his decline.
We couldn’t save his life, we have undoubtedly saved him from suffering.
Although we can’t take on dogs ourselves we get E-mails every single day about dogs in pounds on death row. Thousands of healthy dogs get destroyed every year in the U.K through no fault of their own. If you are thinking of adopting a dog then make sure it is a rescue dog as you…
Just as we successfully released one swan, we rescue and admit another. This juvenile landed and got caught up in brambles and was still in the same location a few days later. After collection we carried out our initial examination and continue to assess. Theres no evidence of injury and we are confident it will…
This year was our busiest event yet! With over 1,000 people attending we certainly had a lot of fun raising a grand total of £5,500! A massive thank you to all those that came down and supported us on Sunday. We were absolutely delighted to see so many people making the journey down to see…
The boys were just chilling this morning in the lovely spring sunshine. Herbie couldn’t even be bothered to get up to eat his breakfast. Is this cows breakfast in bed?
Another pigeon squab arrives to be hand reared. This squab needed rescuing, he was on the floor having fallen out of the nest. Far too often fledglings are picked up which should not be disturbed. Pigeons make great parents, but they aren’t very clever at making secure nests, they often resemble a pile of twigs…
