This is a lucky Collard dove, we found him at the sanctuary, grounded and immobilised due to a broken left leg, broken in two places.
We swiftly splinted the leg and put him in a cage for rest and rehabilitation. He certainly chose the right place to get a broken leg!
This week we have rescued a further 200 barn hens from a commercial farm. These hens would have otherwise been killed for pet food or cheap pies. Egg laying hens have a bleak life, as soon as they lay eggs around 16 weeks, they are confined into overcrowded cages, with little of their natural environment….
Meet Truffles, a pig we have managed to take in, one of only 5 we have taken in this year. Sadly we are contacted all too often to take in unwanted pigs, sometime for genuine reasons but all too often because people have bought thier piggie pets from breeder, not from rescue centres and they…
Click on image to enlarge Recently we have been inundated with baby rabbits as irresponsible pet owners have bred their rabbits. Three rabbits were given up by their owners into our care, these later turned into 17 as both females gave birth within a few days of each other. One of the main reasons why…
We admitted this cygnet in the week, they were quite weak and found grounded in a housing estate. Its believed they’d crash-landed. Thankfully an examination hasn’t revelled any injuries and they are eating and drinking as well as hissing at us!! We are confident they’ll be released in the coming days.
Talk about all creatures great and small, yesterday we were shearing sheep, today we took in these five voles after their nest was accidentally disturbed by a digger and unfortunately their mother was killed.It is very hands-on feeding them every hour for the next few weeks, thankfully we have a volunteer step forward, we wish…
Please help Billy, Herbie and Boris? We need to build a corral and cattle crush for our cows. They are all getting very large and when we have to treat them, such as worming, TB testing, hoof trimming or for emergency treatment, we need to be able to handle, inspect and treat them. We’ll use…
