rescue pets – Hinterland https://hinterland.org.uk Rural News Fri, 15 Nov 2019 06:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Woman with house full of hedgehogs says ‘no more’ https://hinterland.org.uk/woman-with-house-full-of-hedgehogs-says-no-more/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:56:35 +0000 http://www.hinterland.org.uk/?p=5898 In our ongoing, occasional series about charismatic mega fauna, we feature this story about our spikey neighbourhood friends and their version of Florence Nightingale. It tells us:

A woman who has filled both her and her mother’s home with rescued hedgehogs says she cannot take in any more.

Paula Garner, from Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire, has been nursing the spiky animals back to health for the past five years.

She said she was currently caring for about 80 hedgehogs and had reached her limit.

It follows a spike in new arrivals due to the hot weather and a mystery illness affecting young hedgehogs.

Ms Garner said her rescue operation started five years ago when her mother found a maggot-infested hedgehog and no existing sanctuaries had space.

A local vet showed her how to help the animals return to full fitness and when she posted about it on Facebook, more people began bringing her sick hedgehogs to care for.

Her house is now home to dozens of recuperating hogs and hoglets, and she uses her mother’s house in a neighbouring village as a makeshift intensive care unit.

]]> Real-life Easter bunnies in need of a home – in pictures https://hinterland.org.uk/real-life-easter-bunnies-in-need-of-a-home-in-pictures/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:35:46 +0000 http://www.hinterland.org.uk/?p=1845 This seasonal story was a revelation to me. I had no idea that rabbits came third in  the pantheon of pets. I subsequently reflected they are probably the highest order of pet we regularly eat. Interesting! Anyway if you have a spare hutch you might like to look at these pictures. The story tells us:

Rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK, but hundreds end up in rescue centres every year. Blue Cross cared for more than 300 unwanted rabbits last year – nearly a sixth of them had been dumped. Rabbits need a high-fibre diet with plenty of hay, at least one rabbit companion and lots of space to play. If you can provide all this, these 16 rabbits are each looking for a home

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