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.
Two weeks ago we collected a female swan from a nearby lake, she was very weak and kept collapsing. We examined her, she was thin but there was nothing obvious. So off to our local vets she went for an X-Ray. in the past we have had very poorly swans in, that have swallowed fisherman’s…
Today we rescued some ex-barn hens, we took on 250, unfortunately the remaining 20,000 odd will go for slaughter. These girls came all the way from Norfolk and are ready to be re-homed. They soon recover from their ordeal and make great pets. If you can offer a life-long home to a couple or more, please see our website regarding our re-homing conditions…
You may remember that back in May we rescued 4 fox cubs. They had been found cuddling their dead mother. Had they not been found, they would have certainly perished. The great news it that these four siblings have been successfully hand reared by us and are now wild, living in the countryside enjoying life….
There have been many tears at the sanctuary as we have lost our battle to save our gentle giant. Billy went down last week and had to be helped up again, during the week he has been quite mobile and we were quietly confident, however on Friday he went downhill rapidly, the kindest last act…
Poor girls, such a miserable start in life, in fact no life at all in a battery farm. They huddled in the corner of one of our stables when they arrived. Slowly their feathers started to grow back and they have found a great home with experienced hen keepers. We wish them well on a…
