Many people who have visited us ask us what kind of hen Bertha is. She is a ‘broiler’ hen. She was ‘designed’ to live for 39 days, that’s all it takes from birth to slaughter for food.
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.
The past couple of weeks has been so hard for us all at Brinsley, we have lost two of our beautiful friends. Shaunie the sheep came from a farm when all of his siblings went of to be slaughtered. Shaunie though was special, he had a deformed rear leg, in fact only half a leg…
Our Summer Open Day was great, its a record, we have raised £5,000 which is more than we have raised at an open day. The turn out was over amazing at just over 1,000 people and we hope everyone enjoyed themselves and helped us raise vital funds. The weather was kind and…
Two weeks ago we took in a baby stoat, he was found on a path with a small injury, you can just see the healed wound in this photo. He was very young, had no fur and his eyes still closed, this photo was taken two weeks after the rescue. Here he is now at…
We always make sure that all of our rabbits go to homes where they will live with at least 1 other rabbit. Rabbits are not solitary animals and in the wild live in large groups.
