Today we received the news that we have been waiting for. Brinsley Animal Rescue which became a Charity in January 2009, became a Registered Charity.
This effectively means that we have met all of the stringent criteria of The Charity Commission, the Government Regulator who ensures that Charities comply with Charity laws and Regulations.
There have been many tears at the sanctuary as we have lost our battle to save our gentle giant. Billy went down last week and had to be helped up again, during the week he has been quite mobile and we were quietly confident, however on Friday he went downhill rapidly, the kindest last act…
The days get shorter, the weather gets colder (slightly) and the phone starts constantly going for us to take in more unwanted rabbits. In the past week we have taken in 10 more rabbits and re-homed only 2, but this is unsustainable, we can’t take on more and more, so unfortunately we do have to…
This week we have taken on a further 120 ex-battery hens that would otherwise be slaughtered. The farm in Norfolk where we fetched them from, was emptying their sheds, replacing 20,000 birds with young hens, to keep the egg yield high. We couldn’t rescue all 20,000 hens that are probably only around 18 months old, but…
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…
Meet these four beautiful girls who have just arrived at the rescue and are looking for life-long loving homes. These group of two pairs of female girls were kept to be used for milking, to produce cheese, we though are looking for permanent homes, where they will be kept as pets. They are very…
These two are new admissions at the rescue, two unwanted pets Henry and Dixie. Thankfully they are safe now.
