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.
This years Summer Open Day has been a great success, thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers and to every one who came on the day and made it such a great day and raising vital funds for the charity. We had over 1,000 visitors thorough out the day and whilst we are still counting the…
This handsome barn owl came to us a few weeks ago after being involved in a car collision. When we saw that one of the legs was broken we feared the worst as he had no feeling in the leg, but, after we had X-rays carried out and after much discussion with our amazing vet…
Many people who have visited us ask us what kind of hen Bertha is. She is a ‘broiler’ hen. She was ‘designed’ to live for 39 days, that’s all it takes from birth to slaughter for food.
Today we have rescued a further 60 barn hens. At only 18 months old, they have reached the end of their commercial life and were destined for slaughter, to become pet food or cheap pies. If you can offer a life-long loving home to two or more hens, to be kept as pets, please see…
Climate change means that hedgehogs are having second broods quite late in the season. We are getting quite a few young hogs in that weigh around 120g. At this weight a hedgehog will not survive the winter. If you see small hedgehogs out particularly during the day then give us a ring. These 2 in…
A few weeks ago we put out an appeal for materials for our hay barn. A few massive thank yous are now due. Nutbrook Aggregates ( http://www.nutbrookaggregates.co.uk/) have very kindly donated two 20 tonne loads of stone for the base. If that wasn’t generous enough, Longcliffe (http://www.longcliffe.co.uk/) kindly collected and delivered one load free…
