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Open Weekend 2012 June 16, 2012
We are pleased to announce that this year we will be holding our Open Weekend on June 16th and 17th. We will have lots of stalls offering ... [MORE]

Charlie has his operation February 16, 2012
Charlie has at last had his operation on his leg - full details 'here' ... [MORE]

Charlie's op February 11, 2012
Charlie the Shetland will be having the operation on his hind leg at the Royal Veterinary School near Hatfield on Wednesday 15th February. He is sti... [MORE]

An evening with Virginia McKenna January 10, 2012
We are delighted to announce that Virginia McKenna has kindly agreed to participate with Alexandra Bastedo in a fund raising evening for Born Free a... [MORE]

A Sad Farewell To Gretel December 12, 2011
When Gretel came to us about 4 years ago with Hansel she was in such a bad state that it was suggested that she be put down. She couldn't eat and sh... [MORE]

Moving on November 27, 2011
Because of the volume of unwanted horses with problems we are having to look at rehoming Marty and George who are younger and could do with a more a... [MORE]

Charlie the shetland has an xray November 12, 2011
Yesterday we took Charlie the Shetland to have an xray on his hind leg. Though not good there is a possibility that things have shifted slightly for... [MORE]

More and more fencing! November 12, 2011
With the arrival of the piglets and the sheep who spend most of their time trying to penetrate our fortifications our bills for fencing are extensiv... [MORE]

Help! Too many pigs! October 19, 2011
Help! We woke up today to find that Puck - our supposedly male adult micropig - has given birth to 9 micropiglets! All terribly cute, only... [MORE]

Disaster strikes September 24, 2011
We have had a disastrous week. A fox upon finding he could not dig under our fence which went 18 ins into the ground managed to scale our 12 ft... [MORE]

Suppoters Mini-Open Day report & some pics September 05, 2011
We held our Mini Open day for Friends and supporters on August 28th, a short report and pics can be found here ... [MORE]

Marge, the little pygmy goat, has died. August 30, 2011
    We regret to announce that Marge, one of our three little pygmy goats, died of a heart attack last night. Mar... [MORE]

Still coming--- August 16, 2011
Endless phone calls and e mails keep coming about cats, kittens,equines,and pet pigs.The outside run is now an inside run for the 13 young cats from... [MORE]

Special Appeal for Charlie August 16, 2011
Charlie is a 10 year old mini Shetland who came to us after he grew too boisterous for the tiny back garden he was kept in. Unfortunately he has bec... [MORE]

Swamped August 06, 2011
When I tell you yesterday we were asked to take in some kittens and when I asked how many we wanted--- they said how many can you take. That is... [MORE]

Alex and Sanctuary on video July 27, 2011
You can watch a short video of Alex with just a few of the animals in the Sanctuary by clicking here. We hope you enjoy the video and it is our... [MORE]

Cats, ponies,goats,ferrets---- July 15, 2011
Things are getting very hard here at the sanctuary with calls about unwanted animals of all kinds coming in on a daily basis. We have taken in 3 unw... [MORE]

ABC Sanctuary today rescues 13 cats July 14, 2011
Today the ABC Sanctuary urgently responded to save the lives of 13 unwanted cats. Further details and photos of all the cats can be found ... [MORE]

Four new goats join the Sanctuary July 07, 2011
Four Angora goats have arrived into the Sanctuary....more details and photos here ... [MORE]

The penalty for scratching furniture is death! July 05, 2011
Life has been extremely busy since the Open Days with endless comings and goings of animals. Of the original 11 cats we took in from a lady whose ca... [MORE]

Not a wash-out June 07, 2011
Well, our 2011 Open Days are over and considering the weather on Sunday - it rained- we did pretty well. All in all we took in just over £9000... [MORE]



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