We rehomed our last 5 goats earlier this year and haven’t had any since, then all in the space of a week we have taken in 5 from 3 separate locations.
We have two pygmies Solomon and Latchley (see below) Biscuit, Humbug and Bear.
All are settling in well, they will be ready for adoption once they have been vaccinated and health checked.
Today we carried out our first hen rescue of 2009, these are ex-battery hens that would otherwise be sent for slaughter at 18 months old, all in the name of cheap food.
We don’t often rescue birds of prey, but when we do we are amazed by their beauty. This guy we believe has been handled and kept in a very small cage where he could not fly. Therefore he has little muscle tone and cannot currently be released into the wild.
This week we have rescued a further 200 barn hens from a commercial farm. 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 natural environment….
Ruby the blind fox cub, who was brought to us in April has made a great recovery. When she arrived, she had a torn ear and an infected puncture wound to her neck and her eyes had a discharge. Although these health issues have now been treated by us, she is unfortunately blind and can…
When we first saw a breeder sell so called micro-pigs on the news, we just knew what would be coming our way. There is no such thing as a micr0-pig. Pigs are generally quite large and very, very powerful animals, a micro pig is a smaller version, but certainly not small or micro as many breeders claim.
When we cleared out one of our stables to make way for 150 ex-battery hens, we moved some bales of straw and disturbed a family of wild mice. Unfortunately the mother ran off and we could not find her. We had no choice, her babies were too young to defend for themselves so we hand…
