Will it stop the strays?    Our experience over a great many years is that it won’t make any difference.   The organisations who are campaigning for it so loudly don’t take […]

Jasmine delivered her kittens safely on 21st April, we’d had one or two false alarms where I thought she was kittening but she was just having a lie in!    She’d […]

24th April 2012 – Birthday memories of a dear father and animal lover who passed away 1st December, 2011.   Sadly missed by the whole family who also love all animals […]

More strays in last week – several on one day and guess what?   Most of them are staffi’s or staffi x.   Who out there is breeding them?   They must be […]

A black and white adult cat has recently been found in the Holmewood area of Chesterfield.  If you’ve lost a cat answering this description please get in touch.   The cat […]

It’s lovely to hear about the happy endings – ‘Blossom has, just like her step-sister Daisy, settled so well into her new home. She is cheeky, lively and loves cups […]

Grace likes having her feet trimmed.   Ponies hooves grow all the time, just like human nails.   In a natural world they would get worn down as the ponies roamed for miles, but […]

  Horse racing is a bad experience for a horse who has no choice in the matter.   They are bred and trained to run faster and faster and whipped to […]

An article in The Times yesterday suggests that the British are falling out of love with dogs.   There are people who don’t like them – we know that.   If a […]

A cat will live on average for between 12 and 16 years although many of our feline friends live much longer.   The oldest cat we’ve had in the sanctuary was […]