Farm Animal Sanctuary

Janet saw Phoenix lying in a pool of water in a very muddy field.  She stopped her car in Evesham, Worcestershire. Got out and picked him up, he was almost unconscious; his feet were rotting and had actually rotted away in some places.  He had such a terrible maggot infestation that they had eaten through most of his fleece.  Janet went to see the farmer and then brought Phoenix back to the Sanctuary.
He could hardly stand and was in very severe pain.  The vet was called out and over the next few hours everything possible was done to relieve Phoenix of his pain and to help him survive so he could recover from his ordeal and go on to live a long and happy life at the Sanctuary.  Very sadly this was not to be and Phoenix died shortly after his arrival.  At least in those last few hours of his short – about 3 months – miserable, painful and desperate struggle for life Phoenix had had some comfort, warmth, security, care, compassion and love. He did not die alone in that pool of water just thrown away because he was ill and worth nothing financially. Tel: 01386 - 832640

Algarve Animals

Whenever possible we try to help some of the wonderful ladies that proactively work to make the lives of so many suffering stray animals in the Algrave just that little bit more bearable. Vickee Tayler runs a small sanctuary for dogs and cats in Guia - she does some fantastic work to look after about 200 cats and 20 dogs.

And Eugenia - "This in one of the miseries I found nearby the gypsies, where I feed all those dogs. Hopefully I had the frontline with me in the car! Today this poor dog is clean".

By setting up a small monthly direct debit with a local sympathetic veterinary practice, Wetnose is able to help in a very small way with some of the emergency veterinary treatments and spay campaigns in the Algarve. - BUT WE WANT AND MUST DO MORE ! - You can help us by donating so we can increase our monthly direct debit to the vets.

Hugletts Wood Farm

Hugletts at Grovelye Lane, Dallington, East Sussex, is the only farm animal sanctuary in the UK that operates a dedicated Cow Protection Program. It's also the only Vegan farm in the UK that runs a Sanctuary. We know that YOU have compassion for all life....you make no distinction between horses, or cats and dogs or even cows. It's a sad fact that most cows these days are slaughtered before they reach their 6th birthday. Some of the cows who live here are over 20 years old and require special care to ensure a continued healthy and happy life. Our oldest cow, Blossom, died peacefully in her sleep, just before her 28th birthday.
We found Grace hiding in the corner of her pen. At three days old, she was completely traumatised having witnessed her mother shot because she tried to stop her calf being taken from her. After almost two years of unconditional love and care, Grace has finally overcome her fear and blossomed into one of the most beautiful creatures you are ever likely to meet.

This is Gromit who still lives with his dear old mother. Wetnose gave £300 for a ring feeder. Well done team, great stuff. info@huglettswoodfarm.com

Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk

Hillside Animal Sanctuary was founded in 1995 to help and campaign for animals in need' and most importantly, to bring public awareness to the millions of animals suffering every day in the intensive factory farming industry. Although at Hillside we have given sanctuary to over 250 horses, ponies and donkeys, most of our 900 residents have been rescued from the farming industry.

Hillside have once again filmed more evidence that exposes yet another RSPCA Freedom Food Scheme monitored farm, that is clearly not working properly. They are keeping ‘free-range’ hens in appalling conditions.
Hillside has 900 animals and has done secret filming before were animal cruelty has taken place. Well done team….01603 736200 keep up the good work.

Little Bo's Animal Welfare

Little Bo was a Sri Lankan Street dog. She had been left to die in a foul drainage ditch by the side of a busy dusty road in Sri Lanka 2003. I was on holiday in Sri Lanka when I found her. Her eyes looked into mine and from that moment my life changed completely. After what seemed like endless negotiations, red tape and heartache I finally managed to get Little Bo safe and well and to the UK where she now lives with myself and her best friend Coco the Cat. Little Bo's strength and courage managed to inspire people both in the UK and Sri Lanka to begin an animal welfare charity to help thousands like her abandoned on the streets of Sri Lanka.

Life as a street dog offers nothing. Classed as vermin by some people they are either born or abandoned on the streets. They survive by eating from garbage left on the road side. Lack of food and water leads to skin disease and mange; secondary infections include ulcerations of the eyes, then blindness.  Infected wounds caused by constant scratching leads to septicaemia and open wounds are easily infected with maggots because of the heat. They are beaten, stoned, poisoned, have boiling water thrown over them, and are hit by vehicles and left to die screaming by the side of the road. There are no animal organizations that can be called to help this situation.  Sam Noon (Miss) - littleboanimalwelfare@yahoo.co.uk or www.littlebosanimalwelfare.co.uk

The Story of Leo (Just one stray in Greece)

The dog pictured below was found in this terrible condition, on the afternoon of July 15th 2008, on the island of Poros, Greece. The dog in question was Leo. A happy and social stray, and very well known to the people of Poros. Leo was doused with sulphuric acid and the culprits are still roaming free! It happens just a few days after a dog was skewered and hung in a village square in Crete.
This new deplorable incident, that causes rage and indignation, reveals for the umpteenth time the indifference of the responsible authorities towards animals. The public prosecutor failed to act and the police were satisfied merely to look at severely mistreated animal. "I will never forget what I saw as long as I live. The poor animal trembled and cried without stop. They had doused both his body and face with strong chemicals ",Eleni Vikou told "E". She and her husband gave first aid to the unlucky Leo until he was transported to a clinic in Athens.
"Leo must be cured and he must survive in retribution to those who wanted to kill him in such a barbaric way", she adds and explains that the animal has been already submitted to a surgical intervention to remove the burned pieces of skin and will shortly be submitted to a second operation to amputate his ears, the tissue of which has become necrotic. According to the veterinarian who has undertaken Leo's treatment, he is no longer in danger health wise and he is very patient and tender with people, despite the cruelty he has experienced at their hands. The beast who doused Leo with chemicals, however, is still free and until he is led to Justice, he constitutes threat to society in general.

Tel: 020 8203 1956

info@greekanimalrescue.com

www.greekaniamlwelfare.com

Crunchy’s Animal Rescue

Faringdon Road, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxon. Tel:01863 - 820030

We are a registered charity established on the 22nd August 2006. We aim to promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing appropriate cover, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals. We are in desperate need of funds to keep going. Our aims are:

To save injured wildlife - To help save mistreated and abandoned animals - To offer help to people with a low income to help pay for vets treatment - To run a re-homing service for all animals.

But with bills running over thousands of pounds we are in desperate need of more funds and sponsorship to be able to carry on saving lives. Without help we will no longer be able to make a difference and save lives. A small donation or even any items which we can use to sell at auction could help as all money goes to the animals because we have a strictly no kill policy.
Wetnose has given £200 to help with vet’s bills, with more to follow. Please visit www.crunchysanimalrescue.org.uk

Champa Rani

Tourist Elephant in India gets help from Wildlife SOS

For twenty years, Champa Rani of Kosi had been a tourist attraction for people visiting a popular resort between Delhi and Agra. This gentle giant posed tirelessly for photographs and gently gave children rides on her trunk and back. One day, however, the Mobile Elephant Clinic received a call from Champa's trainers that she could not walk on one foot. When the vet arrived, he discovered a wound between two nails over 2 ½ inches deep. It was infected and swollen. After several weeks of treatment including dressings, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, Champa showed dramatic improvement and was back to eating regularly and giving herself cooling dust baths with her trunk. www.wildlifesos.org. Thank goodness these places exist. Wetnose has given £1,500 to help. We just adore Elephants don’t you!

Borneo Orangutan Survival

Threats to the baby Orangutan

Why does the Orangutan need our help? Orangutans are one of the most critically endangered of the great apes, due to poaching and habitat loss. Based on the World Bank’s estimation that mechanized logging in the Kalimantan forest, (Indonesian Borneo), will result in its total loss by 2010, and other statistics stating that wild Orangutans are disappearing at a rate of 5,000 Orangutans per year, optimistic predictions give the Orangutan ten more years before extinction in the wild.
Never before has its very existence been threatened so severely. Economic crisis combined with natural disasters and human abuse of the forest is pushing our closest cousins to extinction. They have lost approximately 80% of their habitat in the last 20 years. We lost approximately 1/3 of the wild population of Orangutans during the fires of ‘97-’98. There are approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Orangutans remaining in Borneo (compared to about 60,000 in 1996) and approximately 4,000 to 6,000 left in Sumatra (compared to about 10,000 in 1996). Wetnose has so far given £1,500 to help save these gorgeous creatures that must be saved and Borneo protected for our children’s future. www.savetheorangutan.co.uk

TOWER HILL STABLES

Fiona runs marathons to raise money for the 300 animals they have with only 1 knee! One really brave lady, we have been helping for years. Fiona and Martin deserve a mention in our newsletters and on our site I think. We saw Fiona and Martin about 4 years ago and will always support them.

Tower Hill Stables website

GREEN WICKET ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Violetta and daughter Sharon have run their sanctuary in Ashford, Kent for 20 years.  They get very few donations from the public and have to finance the project out of their own pockets.  Besides the horses, donkey, Shetland ponies, dogs and cats, Violetta is also feeding five feral cats and has set up an area of woodland with wood piles and feeding stations for hedgehogs.  This attracts lots of wildlife – nesting birds and pheasants, slow worms, toads and newts.

Animals are not re-homed if no-one is going to be at home during the day.  Violetta makes several checks before finally handing over a pet to a new keeper.  If an animal cannot be satisfactorily homed, it stays at the sanctuary for life.

They have recently taken in two 16-month-old dogs, a female Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a male Tibetan-Terrier-type.  These dogs had been kept by a Polish man who used to beat them (he has now gone back to Poland).  He also allowed them to mate and after coming to Green Wicket, the Staffie gave birth to nine puppies.  Sharon slept with them for 19 nights to make sure the young mother didn’t squash her babies.

Violetta and Sharon get up at 2 o’clock every morning to check the horses and donkey and to let the dogs out.

It is a labour of love.  And one more good reason why Wetnose Animal Aid exists.  Your generous donations help to keep the smaller sanctuaries like Green Wicket going.

Tel: 01233 756550