Many thanks to everyone doing this - it rally is worthwhile - and so is the RNLI who are lagging - go and help if you haven't done it yet - please
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| Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman |
Yep - that is their website. It started in a shed at the bottom of our (my mum & dad's) garden and has grown. My aunt now runs a larger hospital and they have all sorts come in. They are permanently
very busy, all times of the year. I don't know what the figures are now, but, for example, my mum had 30 or 40 hedgehogs wintering in the original hospital and in her dining room, and that was about 8 years ago, in just its second year. They all require cleaning out, checking and feeding twice a day. In the spring, when they are fat enough, they get "fostered". People throughout Hampshire volunteer to let them be released in their gardens - where these gardens have been assessed as suitable and safe.
Spring brings the babies - bird, fox cubs, duckling...all requiring 24 hour feeding. Then there are the call-outs to injured animals at all hours.
This is all done on a voluntary basis, so any donations they get go towards looking after the animals and reintroducing them
thanks again
Lou