A sad end this week for Greta, our lovely grey goose.
Prayers for pets – Of all our animal friends, goats are the most gentle. They have a natural affinity with humans and when reared in proximity with us, they bond and rely on our company.
Some cats are just very good mothers. This is Delphi, who is one who walks on the wild side. She’ll come in, she’ll feed from a dish, you can just about stroke her – and that’s it, if you try to pick her up, she gets stressed. But she is the most beautiful cat […]
We’ve just moved the goats onto fresh pasture and they are loving it! We are an organic farm so there are lots of herbs and different varieties of grass. Goats seek out long rooted plants and this is why they love trees so much, they munch the branches and leaves and devour the bark. They […]
We’ve read in the newspapers this week about a cat who has been fitted with two bionic legs. The cat lost both his hind legs in an accident and now a leading surgeon has made him two artificial ‘bionic’ legs. The cat looks fine and his owners say he can get around just as before. […]
With so many strays brought in recently we urgently need both cat and dog food. We had three lots of kittens and a mother cat dumped here last week. All need vaccinating and mum will be spayed as soon as possible. The stray dogs are coming in every day – most of them are big […]
A big thank you to everyone who has helped us over the past weeks. The garden area round ‘In the Dog House’ our shop and cafe, is looking great thanks to the lovely people who have brought us plants. It makes all the difference. Thank you too for all the newspapers, we use them for […]
We have lots of kittens at present. Some have been vaccinated and are fully weaned and ready to go to new homes – like Marmalade, shown here. He has a Calico sister too who is also very pretty. Others include ‘Smartie’ a ginger boy with white sox and a bib, another Calico girl also […]
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June, starts 11am to 4pm. Adorable kittens for adoption at the Pet Samaritans Animal Sanctuary, Broomhill Farm, Broomhill Road, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, S41 9EA. Tel: 01246 456177. Coffee shop will be serving teas, coffees and handmade cakes. Free parking. Also silver and vintage jewellery sale same day in aid of […]
This is an old lady cat called Jasmine. She came in to us some months ago because her owner had relocated abroad. Jasmine has a pal called Ed and these two have been together for years. It’s always a long term process to get new cats settled in to our feline community. They’ve left their home […]