Juniper & Gwendolyn were destined for the Christmas table when a conscientious person bought them off a farmer as they could not bear the thought of them being slaughtered and eaten.
These two female turkeys are extremly friendly, they follow us around making a silly noise, they love cuddles and a good old stroke.
Since we formed over three years ago, each year we have steadily grown and rescued more animals eachyear. This year we have reached a peak, rescuing almost 800 animals, including pets, farm and wild animals.
Hedgehogs arrive with all kinds of life threatening issues, generally inflicted by man, anything from poisons to getting tangled in garden netting or attacked by dogs. We don’t know the history behind this girl, but she arrived at our vets with a broken jaw, a condition certainly seen before and often fatal. In this case,…
Another feed for one of the 5 hoglets we are currently rearing, these require a feeds every two to three hours now from 5am until 23:00. The rate of decline in hedgehogs is unsustainable, we all need to do everything we can to help these native creatures. If you can, please leave a wild part…
This week we have rescued another 85 battery hens, after a short life of only 18 months, they were destined to become pet food. Battery hens soon recover and make great pets. These girls have finally ventured out and seen daylight and experienced space for the very first time in their lives.
Well it chucked it down almost all day, we all got very wet but thanks a million to all of our dedicated supporters who braved the poor weather and came to our open day. We didn’t do as well as previous years, but we never expected to with the weather being so poor, but we never…
A few weeks ago we put out an appeal for materials for our hay barn. A few massive thank yous are now due. Nutbrook Aggregates ( http://www.nutbrookaggregates.co.uk/) have very kindly donated two 20 tonne loads of stone for the base. If that wasn’t generous enough, Longcliffe (http://www.longcliffe.co.uk/) kindly collected and delivered one load free…
