Over the weekend we dropped off Magic one of our Dartmoor ponies to his beautiful new home. He is now living as a companion pony with a lovely mare called ‘Cariad’. She wasn’t too pleased to be sharing her field at first but we are sure they’ll both be friends soon. Lucky little Magic.
We have just taken on 2 more Kune Kune pigs from Liverpool. These pigs, Pepper and George kept frightening their owners horse so had to be rehomed. At only 2 years old they are very lively and full of character. For those of you who have met Rocky the Kune Kune they are nothing like him,…
A great day today at our Summer Open day will over 1,000 people coming along to support us. Not all of the funds are in as yet, however so far we have taken £5,335, a huge boost to the charity. Thank you very much to all of our volunteers who have worked so hard preparing…
Mabel is a very, very lucky girl. She was born at a pig farm and destined to be slaughtered for meat at only a few months old. She would have been kept indoors with no space to play or explore. Mabel was the runt of the litter. As she was bred for commercial reasons, the farmer put…
These 9 ducklings were brought to us by the RSPCA, their mum was leading them across a road when she was killed, so sad however at least these were rounded up and brought to us. They are under a heat lamp in our hospital and so far 48 hours later all are doing well.
This wild duck is another victim of careless fishing, she was observed with a fishing hook and line through her foot, thankfully a member of the public waded in to the lake to rescue her and bring to us.She was understandably distressed, we needed to get the barbed hook out of her food, treat her…
We have to deal with unwanted pets coming to us on an almost daily basis. We can only cope with so many and so it is very hard for us when we have to say no, far too often. These pets are given up for many reasons, some genuine but increasingly many more are given up…
