This Tawny Owl was brought to us from Shipley County Park, where he was found lying on the ground, cold, wet and at deaths door.
After a few hours in an incubator, he was warm enough to be force fed and treated. Over the next few days he gained strength, within a week he was eating by himself.
This weekend we gave him his last feast before releasing back into the wild, where he belongs, fully recovered.
It’s been a full on day today at the rescue and it was ‘C’ day for our little boy Ollie. Our lovely @the.stray.vet who is leaving us to go travelling (no, we can’t believe it either!!!) carried out the procedure and we’re glad to say little Ollie is already up and on his feet rummaging…
Meet Flo and Clementine, rescued in the nick of time.We took a call about these beautiful ladies from our friends at Pigs in the Wood, they needed a home asap or they were off to be slaughtered.YHA a Castleton cared for them but no longer wanted them and they were no surplus to requirements. thankfully…
Since Beth and I (Jon) moved to Brinsley and set up the sanctuary some eight years ago, we have steadily grown each year. The sanctuary has expanded from 4 to 22 acres, we have built an animal hospital and each year rescued hundreds of animals of all descriptions, from many different situations. 2015 has been…
Last week we posted about one of the swans in our care, who arrived after being found in the middle of a busy road, very weak and disorientated. We took the large mature swan to our vets as there were no obvious signs that might cause his symptoms, there he was x-rayed which reviled a…
2011 has been an extremely busy year for us, with many highlights and successes, but a very difficult year in terms of the huge volume of unwanted animals we were asked to take in, unfortunately we had no choice but to turn many away. In the year, we have admitted 859 animals, a full breakdown…
Why not consider adding a duck or two to your flock? With the idea of backyard chickens flying off, many people forget how fantastic ducks can be too. With stronger immune systems, ducks are a lot hardier then chickens and make fantastic pets to those new on the scene. Ducks are easy to contain as…
