When we rescued Bertie the so called Micro-Pig, the BBC came with us to highlight the growing problem of breeders miss selling micro-pigs.
Breeders sell them as ‘not growing larger than a Cocker Spaniel’, the reality is that they grow large and when kept un-castrated and on their own, can become extremely destructive.
Watch the programme on BBC 1, East Midlands Inside Out.
Last weekend we rescued this chap, he was found living on his own, in a shallow stream. He kept wandering onto a busy road and was attacked by kids who threw stones at him. The local villagers were obviously concerned when he hadn’t left after a week, and tried to call the RSPCA with little…
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…
These two male Saanen goats, Boo and Ryan, came to us a few weeks ago. Saanen originated from Switzerland and are have been bred to produce milk. The females, who produce milk, have to kids each year, and so most of the young are slaughtered, the waste product of the milk industry. These two guys thou are the lucky ones,…
We are often unable to respond to calls regarding injured wildlife as we don’t have enough volunteers to perform the rescue or have space to accommodate, we do however always try our very best. We took many calls about a Canadian Goose that was not in great shape and being badly bullied, we could not…
This morning this beautiful pair of bunnies went to their new life-long loving home. The cage has now been cleansed and disinfected, before it has hardly dried the next bunny will arrive looking for a home.Its so sad that we cannot possibly cope with the shear number of requests to take in unwanted rabbits. Some…
You may have noticed that we are not hosting a Spring Open Day this years, we are thou hosting a fundraiser at Brinsley Community Centre on 2 June. Our next open day at the Sanctuary is not until 8 September, this is due to a major building project at the sanctuary which has now started….
