This Tawny Owl chick arrived a couple of weeks ago and he’s doing well. When they first arrive, they see us as a threat and so won’t take food off us, so they need to be force fed to keep them alive. After a few feeds they start to readily take chopped up food from us, whilst clicking their beaks as a warning to us! Once he starts ripping up his own food, he’ll be moved into an aviary for the next stage of his progress to release back into the wild.
This little chap is the first fox cub of the season, he was found during building works which disturbed the mother. He is probably around four weeks old so still being fed on milk, our task will be to keep him warm and bottle feed on milk replacement. Fox cubs do require a lot of attention, they…
Over the past few days we have been busy rehoming 4 of our piggies. It isn’t often that good homes come forward for pigs so when a home came forward in Wales for 4 of them we had no hesitation in offering to take them. It was a long journey for them but we were…
This is the first issue of the “Brinsley Blag”, Brinsley Animal Rescue’s quarterly newsletter. In this Summer addition we follow the topics of: * Centre News – Recent developments, fundraisers and donations that involve the centre. * Rehoming News – All the animals that have recently found their new homes * Farm – Meet the…
This swans injuries look pretty severe, however although there has been a lot of blood loss, we are confident of a full recovery.He arrived Friday night after being found at the side of the road, whilst we were getting ready to go and collect, the Police thankfully brought him to us, not their usual Friday…
You may notice that shops are preparing for the festive season. From the 15th of October, fireworks start to become available to the public. However, depsite how pretty and exciting fireworks are to us, we have to remember that they cause great stress to our four legged friends. Fireworks are very loud and bright. Many…
Another feed for one of the 5 hoglets we are currently rearing, these require a feeds every two to three hours now from 5am until 23:00. The rate of decline in hedgehogs is unsustainable, we all need to do everything we can to help these native creatures. If you can, please leave a wild part…
