Today we have rescued these cute little fellas, two castrated male pygmy goats. Their owner who gave them up, originally inherited them when their former owner passed away, but now they are unable to keep them any longer.
We have put them into temporary isolation whilst we check them over, trim their hooves, worm and vaccinate, then when they have the all clear, they can go with our other goats and sheep and enjoy the outside along with our goat climbing frame.
The 2012 Christmas Open Day was a great success, thank you everyone who turned out in the bitter cold to support the charity and raise some much needed funds. The day was attended by around 400 and we raised a fantastic £2,464. We really can’t thank people enough and really appreciate everyone’s hard work and help. Hopefully…
Today we held a sponsored walk, raising funds for our animal hospital. The event passed of extremely well with much fun to be had by all, a great walk and an opportunity to talk to people whilst helping a great cause. After the two hour walk around the local villages, we returned to the sanctuary for drinks and loads of scrummy vegan cakes! We have…
The four lambs in our care that have arrived separately for various reasons are all being bottle fed and doing really well, getting stronger and more playful by the day.
A Review of 2016 In 2016 we have taken in 1,007 animals, therefore pets, farm animals and wild animals. We can only take in animals to rescue when we have the resources, the funds, the space and the time. This means that we sadly have to turn pets away almost every day of the…
A massive thank you to everyone who supported our annual Summer Open Day. Thanks to our hard working volunteers who have been so busy preparing, setting up, baking and clearing away. Thank you also to the 600 people who came and visited us, despite the really poor weather and who braved the mud. Taking into…
When we cleared out one of our stables to make way for 150 ex-battery hens, we moved some bales of straw and disturbed a family of wild mice. Unfortunately the mother ran off and we could not find her. We had no choice, her babies were too young to defend for themselves so we hand…
