Ledbury Animal Rescue Service

06/07/2023

Rescue has been the biggest passion of my life but it’s also been the biggest cause of its destruction.
Sadly I physically just cannot continue trying to rescue and run a business and continue to cause myself detrimental health issues…

So as of today I am sorry to announce, I will no longer be rescuing.
This includes all species of birds and also being available to advise 24/7.

If you have a wildlife casualty please …

Contain the casualty in a well ventilated towel lined box and call your nearest charity registered rescue for advise.

You can find your nearest rescue by typing in your postcode or address into

www.helpwildlife.co.uk

If you are local to ledbury.

You can call -

1. Vale wildlife hospital beckford Tewksbury (open 24/7) and you can take casualties straight there.
01386 882288

2. Athena rescue Bromyard - 07919002062

3. Speak or drop into hereford vets for pets as they have links to Herefordshire wildlife rescue.

4. Herefordshire wildlife rescue 07802460884

Thank you to everyone who loves and cares for our wildlife 😍 and long may animals get the help they deserve when needed. Xx

HelpWildlife.co.uk is a charity-run site aiming to provide advice to members of the public who find wildlife casualties, help casualty finders to locate a wildlife rescue in their area, and provide advice on humane, holistic methods of wildlife management. The site first began in 2005 in response

30/06/2023

What a week this is turning into!

Current hospital shed patients -

1 feral with spinal injury due to being shot.
1 adult wood pigeon possible cat attack.
1 baby feral with a broken wing and suffering starvation.
1 tiny duckling with a nasty broken leg
1 racing pigeon with a horrific leg break.

Newbies in the avairy this week -
1 racing pigeon that was emaciated but improving each day.
1 little female feral that had a wing injury but is now flying the avairy beautifully.

Releases this week -
1 adult wood pigeon that had suffered a broken wing.

Losses this week -
1 fledgling sparrow that had suffered spinal damage from head and neck trauma.
1 adult wood pigeon with severe open fractured wing.

Taken to vale wildlife rescue this week -
2 baby wood pigeons both from separate nests, both nests destroyed.
2 little owls, sadly injured due to dogs.
1 poorly jackdaw hit by a car, super thin and suffering spinal damage.

Not to mention the many many! Texts, phone calls, fb messages with people asking for advise and the 30+ resident birds I need to care for daily.

Sadly I am just not in a position to be taking more in at the moment or making daily trips to vale wildlife hospital on people’s behalf.
So please, if you’ve got the transport to go then please find the time to take to vale or your nearest larger charity registered rescue.
It would be greatly appreciated by myself and the casualty you may have.

Finally -
I’d appreciate if the public could please try and avoid calling my shop phone or telling people to call my shop phone about animals in need.

I’m happy for people to get in touch …
But it’s gotten to a point where every other phone call at my shop is about an injured animal.
It’s not fair on myself or my staff and it’s starting to affect the running of my business.
After all it’s a ladies clothing shop not an animal hospital 😅 and I’d like to try and keep it that way.
If you’d like to get in touch Please call my mobile or send me a message on fb instead.

I hate to sound like I’m ranting…

So here’s some cute photos of some of this weeks guys and gals

16/04/2023

This poor little lady came in yesterday. Found on a lovely ladies front door step in ledbury.

She’s suffered significant wounds to the face and eyes by what looks like blunt force trauma.
Both eyes and her head are swelling further and turning more black by the hour.

We believe the one eye is gone and there’s no chance of her regaining sight but the other eye (although severely bruised and weeping) may still have some hope and a chance.

She’s been to see Derek at the wonderful ledbury park vets, she’s had pain relief and antibiotic injections, along with being sent home with Anti-Inflammatories/ pain relief.

We won’t know the extent of the damage until the swelling is down which could take a while!

We can’t be 100% sure, but its possible these wounds have been inflicted on purpose.
Although we have no proof of this, there have been reports once again that birds are being found with impact injuries consistent with being shot or hit with blunt objects such as stones from sling shots.

It is a prosecutable offence under the wildlife and countryside act 1981 to cause unnecessary suffering to ANY wild animal.

If anyone sees any individuals causing harm to any wildlife in the area please let us know and also report it to the police as soon as possible. If you can grab a photo / video even better.

We will do our best to save this little one but her life will never be the same 😞

09/03/2023

Aren’t we Growing fast!
We are now eating for ourselves mostly, with a small supplemental feed in the evenings.
We’ve also just experienced our first bath! So we’re chilling on a heated blankie until we dry 😃

In about a week we will be spending some time in the avairy with the bigger boys and girls!

We’ve finally been named as
Cassie (for Cassiopeia) and Orion .
We had to be named Something solar related 🙂

04/03/2023

These cuties saved from death the other day…
We have a large flock of white doves in the area and they’ve taken to using solar panels as their safety and nesting grounds .

It is illegal to remove or destroy any active birds nest regardless of their species. Unless you have strict permissions to do so (this is generally under the rule of significant health and safety risk to the public) otherwise they need to be left well alone until the babies have fledged.

The roofing company that attempted to hoover up this nest were breaking the law in attempting this.
Luckily I was in the garden and could see everything unfolding and went round to tell them what they were doing was illegal.

Sadly the nest had already been mainly destroyed and these poor babies were now sat on the cold roofing with no nest to keep them safe anymore.
They were warned that the babies couldn’t be left like that so we spent a good 45 minutes getting them out, and they are now in my care.

Solar panels and birds ……

If you can have mesh fitted the same time as your solar panels this can be of significant benefit to stop any problems from occurring with birds.
It’s not just the company that you employ to carry out any work who are responsible for any nests destroyed, it is also you as the home owner that can be prosecuted. So please seek the correct advise before you start asking companies to remove nests.
If you have a bird issue and you need them removed, contact a rescue for advise and help as well as your local council who can advise you of the law.
This can minimise law breaking and unnecessary suffering to animals.

What’s more, If you are having nests etc removed legally, mesh should be put on the solar panels the same day otherwise you’ll have the same problem in a couple of weeks.

19/01/2023

Good morning animal lovers…

As we are fast approaching spring which is also known as “baby bird season” and “mating season” in the rescue world…

I just want to notify the public that ledbury animal rescue service are back into the rescue game but on a very small and controlled level.

Having taken a break for health reasons last year and the fact that I am still having to keep my stress levels to a minimum… I am unable to rehabilitate the way that I was.
Therefore I will be operating mainly on an advisory and emergency basis for now.
I am still taking some pigeons and doves in, but I have limited my capacity to keep things manageable.

So if you do find any injured / orphaned wildlife please do get in touch. I can help in the following ways -

- advising on emergency containment
- emergency first aid
- short term care (if there’s space)
- offering information on who your local rescues are.
- emergency transport if all other options have been exhausted.

I have links to rehabbers/ emergency transport groups and rescues in many parts of the country, so please don’t be afraid to ask for help. (In any given situation in any area).

Below I’ve posted some useful information for the public to help if they come across injured/ orphaned wildlife.
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Getting the right care
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It’s important for any casualty to receive the very best care, not just ethically but also from a legal standpoint.
Please do not hold onto animals in an attempt to “help them yourselves” it happens all too often that members of the public want to “give it a go” with absolutely no knowledge or experience.

You could not only cause the animals death (very easily).
But there are also legal obligations around taking and rehabbing wildlife correctly so you could also be committing a wildlife crime.
Please take the casualty to your nearest rescue/ trained rehabber or wildlife friendly vet.
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Vets
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We do ask, that if you can get wildlife to a rescue rather than a veterinary practice, this is usually in the animals best interests.

Not all vets have the knowledge, space, equipment or contacts of rescues to assist that animal further other than euthanasia. (Their legal obligation to end suffering).
But we do know of a handful of vets who could assist if a rescue isn’t an option.
We do also have some wildlife friendly vets connected to rescues.
There may also be instances where you may have been advised to take to the nearest vets for euthanasia as that’s what’s in the best interests of the animal.
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Rescues
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You can find your nearest rescues by popping your postcode into the map area of www.helpwildlife.co.uk

This will bring up your nearest rescue along with all of their details.
Which rescue is best will depend on species.
But again, we can happily advise and find your nearest rescues for you, just message us.
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Boundaries
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I am always here to help as much as i can, and of course if i can help i will!
I never turn an animal away if i can help it but i also have boundaries on how much pressure i can put on myself.
I can only take in so many and if I am full I will always find you an alternative rescue to take to but I will no longer accept rudeness and emotional blackmail because you can’t be bothered to go that extra mile to take to a different rescue when I am full.
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Lots of love to you all