WILDLIFE RESCUES

Oh, my Lola... Oh, my Lola... my

This disabled crow was found and although she seemed generally well in herself, she was unable to fly and so couldn't be released back into the wild. We found her a home with two of our supporters who welcomed her in to their home to become 'one of the family' as they had done with other corvids before. They told us "It’s impossible to sex a crow so we called her Lola after the song by The Kinks from long ago! She is a fabulous mimic of noises, especially laughter… (ours!)

We leave the cage door open and she happily hops around the kitchen under our feet. Pooing everywhere!!”

We went to the aid of this baby otter baby otter baby otter baby otter who had been found by the roadside in a dehydrated state. We took her to a specialist vet who successfully treated the little kit. From there we took her to an Essex wildlife centre who already had another kit she could grow up with and be released back into the wild together.

Deer in Trouble...

This poor Muntjac found himself in a jam. Fortunately for him, his screams alerted the householder who discovered him, upside down, securely lodged between a wall and a shed. We went out to help him and he’s now settled in well with some of our other rescued deer.

He is now recovering well at the Sanctuary...

Lost in the Storm... Lost in the Storm... Lost in the Storm... Lost in the Storm... Lost in the Storm... This is little Storm, a newly-born Muntjac

Muntjac fawn, who was found sadly separated from his mum in the middle of a road during March's strong winds. For the first few days he received two-hourly feeds around the clock and lots of TLC in the Sanctuary. He continues to recover well and is growing up with another young female Muntjac who was also rescued as a newborn fawn a few weeks earlier. They just love to play and chase around together and, when the time comes, they will go out to live in the garden with other deer who have been mainly rescued, having been injured in road traffic accidents.

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We were alerted to the plight of this injured swan injured injured swan injured injured whose feet were so badly tangled in fishing line that his toes couldn’t be saved. He now lives contentedly with other rescued swans on our pond at Hillside Shire Horse Sanctuary from where he is free to come and go as he pleases.

Here’s another deer in a jam deer in jam in jam, this time wedged in a gate in an isolated area. He had been there for at least two days and was very dehydrated .

To make matters worse, while stuck there, there were obvious signs that he had been attacked by other animals. Although he is a wild animal, he was clearly very happy someone was helping him. He is now at the Sanctuary recovering from his ordeal.