Wetnose Animal Aid

Green Wicket Animal Sanctuary
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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.

Green Wickett Animal Sanctuary. Pleasant Valley Farm, Rock Hill Road, Ashford, Kent. TN27 9EA
01233 756550