The results of the Petplan 2011 pet census were out recently and a survey of 10,000 owners revealed lots of new information about the way we view our relationship with our pets.   There are more than 24million pet owners in the UK and the census shows that pets play an enormous part in their […]

This is the little girl cat who is now starting to explore.   She is independent for a while and then she runs back to mommy and her brothers for a cuddle. Is one of them nursing upside down?

The gate was only open for a few minutes.    How did that gap appear in the hedge?      Why did my dog run away?   He jumped out of the car before I could stop him.   I left him with a friends and they let him off the lead, etc.etc.     […]

Our prayers for the dogs left in the radiation zone   – Isn’t it great to know that in spite of all their misery and danger, the animal lovers of Japan are thinking about the poor dogs who have been left in the nuclear disaster zone.   When a volunteer at an animal sanctuary in […]

Until he came in to the sanctuary, Henry had been a town cat all of his life.    He’d lived mostly indoors and when his people decided to emigrate, one of the difficulties was finding Henry the right home.   Not as easy as re-homing an ordinary cat, Henry is special.   Looks can deceive […]

Dogs are catching up in the pet popularity stakes Cats have been in the lead since 1994, which was the first year they managed to knock the dogs off the top spot.    They’ve been at a peak of 9.6 million but the number of our feline friends has declined recently down to 8.6million. Dogs […]

Hope you like our new look and easier to navigate website and a big thank you to our sponsors at Lovethosecharms.co.uk for sorting this out for us.   We’ve had more strays brought in this week, including a lovely puppy and we’ll be putting more dogs in our adoption gallery as soon as they have […]

Yes, we now have pigs!    They’re Kuni-Kuni pigs, which originated in New Zealand and then subsequently became popular over here.   Peppa is in the first picture, she has the more splodgy coloured markings, Pugwash is darker.    They are approx. 8months old so just about fully grown.   They have very short legs […]

Jack and Nolene love to have stories about dogs and cats read to them (especially cats!) and our Pet Samaritans Newsletter is their all time favourite mini mag.   If you’d like to keep up to date with all the sanctuary news, views, rescues and info, you can get a copy delivered to your door […]

This little dog looks as though he’s been kicked by a steel-toe cap boot.   The contusion is right to the bone and in the centre of his head from one eye to the other.   He’s a good tempered little chap and is taking his antibiotics and letting us dress his wound without much […]