This years Summer Open Day has been a great success, thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers and to every one who came on the day and made it such a great day and raising vital funds for the charity.
We had over 1,000 visitors thorough out the day and whilst we are still counting the change, we can confirm we have raised at least £5,000.
Thank you to everyone.
This week we have rescued a further 200 hens from a commercial caged farm in Cambridge, these hens would have otherwise been killed for pet food or cheap pies. Egg laying hens have a bleak life, as soon as they lay eggs around 16 weeks, they are confined into overcrowded cages, with little of their…
Rescuing animals can often be stressful and emotional and all too often with wild animals, rescuing means making the decision to end suffering by ending a life, yesterday we had to make such a decision. We took a call regarding an injured fox who had been dragging his rear legs, we loaded our rescue kit…
We don’t take Herons in very often, when we do they have usually come on the wrong side of man. Often they have been been shot with air rifles, swallowed plastic or tangled up with fishing wire. This chappie though is a bit of a puzzle. Rescued from Attenbourough Natutre Reserve, he came to us all…
We have rescued another 150 hens, these were part of 20,000 birds going for slaughter, it would have perfect to rescued them all, but at least 150 will find life-long loving homes. These are barn hens, just like caged and free range hens, at the end of their commercial life they are sent for slaughter to become pet food…
We have been putting aside funds for a while now, to buy a tractor and make life a little easier at the sanctuary. This week we finally took delivery of our 35 year old David Brown which has been lovingly restored, Vera as we have named her is a real beauty. Vera will be used…
We don’t very often rehome ponies, so we were chuffed when we rehome Willow to a great home not too far away. All too often its people wanting to give up their ponies and horses, we rarely find good homes for ur rescued friends. Willow came to us covered with scars where he had been…
