This young sparrowhawk was found out in the open, on his own and so he was brought to us. We are quite alien to him and so initially he would not take food from us, as he would his parents. So for the first few days we have to force feed. Thankfully now he is feeding himself.We always minimise human contact to ensure wild animals remain wild, also human contact creates stress for them. We clean out and feed once a day, when he’s strong enough, he’ll be transferred into an aviary
Meat Bean and Bertie, two of the latest rabbits that arrived at the rescue separately today. Bean a castrated and vaccinate boy (white lop), will be ready for adoption shortly. Bertie, the big eared beauty had been dumped to fend for himself. He is very lucky to have been found as domestic bunnies don’t survive…
Each year hundreds of Dartmoor ponies are sent for slaughter, either fed to lions and tigers in zoos or turned into pet food. Even though they are rarer than the great giant panda, they are sent to market in their hundreds and sold for only a few pounds, to the only buyers, the meat traders. Each year we work…
We love days like this when we actual get to take our rescued animals to their new homes. This weekend it was time to take Edna and Hilda to their new life-long homes as pets, never to be red or exploited for food.We rescued them earlier in the year, they were originally rescued from a…
Archie, Benji, Charlie and Dillon were all rescued at one week old, the waste by product of the dairy industry. We took them in and hand reared them, finally they have gone to a great new home in West Yorkshire.
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, well, he’s only been with us a few hours so we are still considering a suitable name, could it be Coconut or should it be Desmond, what do you think? Anyway Mr. Kune Kune pig was found wandering around a housing estate, made his way into someones back garden and made himself at home…
