Gloria De-Piero MP for Ashfield paid a visit to the sanctuary today. I think she was a bit overwhelmed by Boris the bull who was wandering around but he loved the attention. She saw the progress of the wildlife hospital and had a look at some of the animals we are currently caring for.
Last week we rescued 110 battery hens, today we have taken in another 65 hens that has served their purpose and were intended for slaughter.
Many people purchase their pet rabbits from pet shops, where they are offered little if no advice and the pets are certainly not vaccinated. Each year thousands of wild and pet rabbits die a painful death from what is a preventable virus, myxomatosis.
Meet Bertie, the new goat recruit. Berie is only a year old, he’s a Nubian castrated young man and looking for a life-long home where he can live with other goats. We have three goats looking for life-long homes.
This Bank Holiday Monday we received a call to see if we could catch and fetch a wandering pig. Our initial reaction was that we couldn’t help, it was pouring with rain, we had only just come in the house soaking wet for the second time that morning and we really do not have room…
These two boys Billy 6 years and Smartie 15 years, were originally rescued from owners that had abused them, unfortunately after sometime, the new owner could no longer afford to care for them so they have been taken on by us.
Milo, a young male goat came to us in the Summer. As he was uncastrated, he initially had to be housed separate to our herd, we already have enough unwanted animals being given up! Like many animals, they are not content on their own, so we needed to get Milo castrated and with the herd…
