This unfortunate swan managed to get a large fishing hook caught in his foot. This has now been removed by a vet and he’s with us whilst resting and completes a course of antibiotics.
All looks positive for a release back with his partner in a few days time.
When we first set up our charity and started taking in animals we were not prepared for the shear number of animals and pets that needed help. We decided in those early days that if we could find good homes for the animals we took in then we would be able to help more. So…
Although this looks a little brutal, the process of cutting the cows hooves doesn’t hurt them at all, it’s just like having your nails cut, but their nails are large and need a cutting disc on the end of an expert! The cows don’t know that we are there to help them, so they can…
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…
This weekend we took Colin to his new, life-long home. We originally took in Colin in August this year, he was reported to have been a stray. He wasn’t castrated, so we needed to sort that out, to get him ready for rehoming. Male pigs need to be castrated, this makes them less boisterous but…
The phone rings and ‘can you rehome my cockerel’ is what we hear time and time again.
We take in all kinds of animals, from unwanted hamsters to blind bulls. It is the same for wildlife, we hand rear fox cubs, birds, squirrels, hedgehogs and even in this case a baby field mouse, smaller than my thumb!
