All washed up:
Manx Shearwater
rescue
In September wildlife staff cared for a sudden
influx of Manx Shearwaters, rescued from the
beaches of Wales and the West country after
stormy weather.
The birds arrived at the Centre exhausted and
battered but our fantastic team worked long
days to ensure every bird was given the best
possible chance.
Manx shearwater do not eat in captivity and
the team had to tube feed hand-made fish
soup to each individual up to four times a day.
When the birds had gained weight and fitness
they were washed, dried and put out on a
pool before being released back into the wild.
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Playthings for Pooches
Kennels are a very stressful place for
our dogs and so we try to make their
environment as interesting and pleasant as
possible with toys and enrichment. Every
week we clean and swap the toys – and
every week we have to replace some when
they get shredded by enthusiastic dogs.
We are therefore appealing for donations
of hard, durable toys rather than fluffy or
squeaky ones that can get quickly destroyed
and can present a choke hazard. You can
see some examples of our ideal toys for
donation on our Amazon wishlist, or in the
following list:
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Rosewood Meaty Beef Takeaway Steak
(from £4.99, Amazon)
Happy Pet Tough Toy Frame Ball
(from £5.99, Amazon)
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Ruffer and Tuffer Rope ball
(from £5, Pets at Home)
Biosafe Watermelon Dog Toy
(from £7.99, Dogs Trust)
Busy Buddy Ultra Stratos Toy
(from £7.99, Petsafe)
Wild Knots Bear toys (from £6.30, Amazon)
Most of the hard rubber toys made by
Kong are popular such as the Kong Jumbler
Ball toys (vary from £11.98 on Amazon)