You’ll be sure of a warm welcome when you come to visit the sanctuary – before we arrive to say ‘hello’, some of the cats on duty will sprint out to greet you. Here is Lawson, who has now become a permanent sanctuary resident, giving one of our Pet Samaritan friends a big style […]
Ginger kitten found Has anyone in the Newbold area lost a ginger kitten? He’s about six months old and a real sweetie. Please get in touch if your little stripey red head is missing. Jack Russell gone missing A black and tan Jack Russell, female and quite young, has gone missing from just […]
Danniboy with our blacksmith and Jenny Every eight to ten weeks our blacksmith calls to check the ponies feet and see if they need trimming. All our horses are used to having their legs picked up and hooves cleaned so they rarely make any fuss. In the natural state a horse’s hooves would […]
Within minutes of this wonderful donation of cat food coming in, two of our long term residents, Bing and Grondhal, were staking their claim! Thank you so much to whoever brought it in for us, it came at just the right time as we have had so many cats brought in recently. The […]
Our latest newsletter is back from the printers and Jack Spratt loves to have a read – especially when there’s a picture of Miss Nolene inside – she’s his favourite girl. If you’re on our subscribers list we’ll be posting a copy out to you. Otherwise you can pick the newsletter up from […]
Lost today from the New Houghton area – a young (about a year old) Jack Russell girl dog, she’s black and tan with a docked tail. Her owners are desperate to hear news of her and have been out searching all day. There’s a reward for the safe return of this youngster so […]
We’ve had strays come in nearly every day recently. We have just sorted one out then another trauma case has turned up. A few nights ago (when it was a hard frost) we had a young dog brought in late evening and almost frozen, the poor thing had been tied up under a bridge. […]
When Pugsie’s owner became seriously ill and was admitted to hospital it was decided that it would be best for this little dog to come into the sanctuary as a permanent resident. As can be seen from the photo, Pugsie is very overweight so a light diet and a gradual increase in exercise was […]
Rosie’s owner had been ill for a long time, when his condition worsened and he went in to hospital we were alerted to the plight of his dogs. This is Rosie, who was in a very sorry state, a mass of knots and tangles, overgrown nails and runny eyes. We let her settle […]
A much loved middle aged lurcher has gone missing from the Chesterfield area this weekend – she dashed outside when a visitor came and hasn’t been seen since. There have been a lot of lurchers go missing in recent months. This is a friendly dog and her owners are desperate for her return. […]