"Today was my turn"
On the 8th December 24 we received a call about a fox that had collapsed in a garden.
Some of you will remember this fox, he had been shot through the head and the bullet had exited through his neck, by some miracle it had missed all vital organs and structures.
He was unresponsive, full of infection and we feared the worst for him 💔
We rushed him to our friends at Horsham Wildlife Rescue, Nathan and Beth, who gave him round the clock treatment, support and care.
Well here he is, 75 days later, after making a full recovery!
Today was 'his turn' to go back home 🎉🍾💚
As soon as he saw the garden lights turn on, Ross had a real job to hold on to the carrier as he was jumping for joy and so excited to see and smell all the familiar things to him.
He knew he was home 🎉🥰🥹
We would like to give a huge thank you to Nathan and Beth at Horsham Wildlife Rescue, for not giving up on this boy, getting him back to tip top health and for giving him the most amazing second chance at life 🎉🍾
Absolute miracle workers 🥹🙏
We would also like to thank this fox's hero, who called us straight away upon finding him collapsed and in a terrible way, moments from death, and who are now giving 'Bullet' supportive feeds throughout the coming weeks.
RESCUE REHAB & RELEASE
This isn't just Ross and I at Wild Surrey Rescue.
This has been a group effort of multiple people.
The fox's hero, Horsham Wildlife Rescue and all of our followers and donors of blankets and food.
This is what we can do for wildlife, working together
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So thank you to all who have help give this boy a second chance 💚🎉🙏
We couldn't do this without you!
Remember....
If you find a wildlife casualty, please stay with them and call us immediately on
07932 052 522 📞
If you would like to support the work we do by making a donation or gifting us much needed equipment and supplies please see our Amazon wish list, pinned to the top of our page, o
It's always such a privilege to release an animal back into the wild after making a full recovery.
This beautiful fox wandered onto an equine yard, begging for food. He was easily coaxed into one of the stables where we collected him.
On assessment it was found that he was run down with a cough/chest infection, riddled with worms and very very hungry.
With his treatment now completed and with a little more weight added he was now ready to return back home where we collected him from, to rejoin his family.
Good luck beautiful boy, make sensible decisions 🙏💚😘
A special thank you to Horsham wildlife rescue who greatly assisted with this foxes treatment and recovery.😘
Thank you to all of our donors who helped keep this boy (and all the others) well fed and well bedded during his stay with us.
I know I keep saying it, but honestly, we could NOT do this without your help and support so thank you !
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www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com
We get the call no rescue wants to hear....
'Two stags locked together in the middle of a main road'
Rescues can't get much more dangerous than this.
Luckily we had the Horsham Wildlife Rescue team visiting us at the time, so we all went out in convoy on this call.
Unbelievably, the pair were still extremely mobile and still able to clear multiple barbed wire fences together, albeit in a rather ungraceful fashion, dragging each other over, with one inevitably going backwards 🫣
We were able to corner them in the nick of time with the team one side and our 4x4 the other, just as they attempted, and thankfully failed, at jumping one last fence straight onto another busy main road in rush hour, in the dark!
Once both stags were brought down by the team it was a race against time to free them as fast as possible as shock is the biggest killer for deer and nobody knew just how long these two had been locked together.
In turn, the stags were freed, the remaining electric rope cut away from their antlers and then released straight back into the wild with only minor cuts to report.
(And all team members in one piece)
A perfect ending to what could have been so easily a tragedy had the pair been left and then hit by an oncoming vehicle, not only for the stags but also members of the public.
We would like to thank Karl who called us immediately on finding the stags and for waiting with them in the rain and in the dark, at a safe distance while keeping his eyes in them at all times.
We would have NEVER found them otherwise, this without doubt saved both their lives 💚🙏
And thanks to Horsham Wildlife Rescue for assisting us on this dangerous call, together working as one team to get the job done quickly and safely.
If you find a wildlife casualty please STAY with the animal and call us immediately on
07932052522 📞
This really does save lives! 💚🙏
Work like this is solely funded by us and the generosity of our followers and members of the public.
Evening all
We just want to hop on and say a massive thank you to everyone who has donated food, blankets, towels, medicine, beds, newspapers.... The list goes on and on and we are so incredibly grateful to you all and it truly makes a MASSIVE difference to the animals in our care 💚
Here is where it all goes....
7 foxes, 9 pigeons, a hedgehog and a badger just to name a few that are benefiting from your generosity right now 🙏💚
Here is a short clip of what we have been up to for the last week, featuring Nathan from Seahaven rescue.
I have an amazing opportunity to work with Nathan and Beth at Seahaven Wildlife Rescue for the past few weeks, helping them with the growing number of fox casualties and now a very poorly badger, by doing the breakfast shift for them, in return for further, vital training and experience with the rescue and rehabilitation of larger, more dangerous wildlife.
There is always more to learn and it's fantastic to be able to tap into this vast wealth of knowledge 💚🤓
Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue
Seahaven Wildlife Rescue
Foxangelsfoundation all working together for the first time with this badger rescue.
The dedication of these folks is second to none and we are so thankful to call them our wildlife allies. 🙏💚💪
If you would like to support our work by making a donation please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com
PayPal [email protected]
If you find a wildlife casualty please STAY WITH THEM and call us immediately on
07932 052522 📞
Thank you millions
Kim, Ross, Nathan, Beth and 'Fox Angel' Zoe 💚💚💚💚💚
If it's not snow and ice, it's rain, floods and burst river banks! 💦💧
Nothing stops us getting to a wildlife casualty, come hell or high water... Literally!
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This time we worked alongside one of our fellow wildlife rescue teams from Horsham, Nathan and Beth, to free a small, female roe deer that was stuck in a fence by her neck after possibly having been chased and attacked by a dog.
Ross, Nathan and Beth went ahead to rescue the deer while I stayed back with the vehicles getting them prepared for the deer's arrival, to make her journey as swift and as comfortable as possible.
Once freed by the team, (and Nathan rescued from the fence by Ross) Nathan carried the deer for almost a mile over his shoulders, across country and back to our waiting, warm van where Ross and I then transported her over back to their rehab unit for assessment and treatment for her injuries.
It's great when two independent rescues can work seamlessly together to help wildlife in need. 🙏💚
If you would like to support our work please go to our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com
If you find a wildlife casualty please call us immediately on
07932052522 📞
Yes it's snowing ❄️🌨️
Yes it's gone 9pm 🕘
And yes, Ross and I are still out in it rescuing wildlife in need!
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Ross and I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year!
2024 has been manic for us but we feel privileged that we can help so many wildlife casualties.
We have made some wonderful new friends along the way and we now have an unending list of wildlife allies up and down the country.
We are so thankful for each and every one of you. From followers, donors, helpers, heros and fellow rescues and rehabbers! You all okay a vital role in helping wildlife! 💚
WE HONESTLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT!
Spring will be on us before we know it, which is the busiest time for wildlife rescues!
Wish us luck and follow us along our crazy journey into 2025!
🦊Tonight we had a call out to a very poorly fox in Redhill, that was found in a garden, under a hedge, unable to stand and collapsed in a heap in the pouring rain.
The caller had been desperately trying to get this beautiful fox the help he needed for over 3 hours, with no joy at all.
Luckily one of the wildlife organisations gave the caller our number and we flew out to help.
This fox needs urgent specialist care, luckily we knew exactly who to call, one of our fellow wildlife rescuers, Nathan at Seahaven Wildlife, who we work alongside in situations just like this and we quickly transported the very poorly fox straight to him 🙏💚
Nathan gave him a good check over and found the fox had been shot and his tiny body was fighting a battle.
Now in the warm and dry, rehydrated, on powerful medication for pain & to fight the infection and under the watchful eye of Nathan, all we can do now is hope he is strong enough to make it through the night 🥺🙏
We want to thank all of our donors, for dog and cat food, warm blankets and towels and donations into our little fund.
Without your support we could not help animals in need, like this beautiful fox 🦊💚
A special thank you to Nathan at Seahaven Wildlife rescue, for taking him in and giving him the best possible chance at survival 🙏💚
🙏🦊 Good luck little guy 🦊🙏
If you would like to support our work by making a donation please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com
If you find a wildlife casualty please call us immediately on our dedicated wildlife emergency phone number 📞
07932052522
💚 Thank you 💚
Kim, Ross and Nathan
Today we got a call for this poor pigeon that had been attacked by what we think was a sparrow hawk.
As you can see from Louise's videos, the pigeon had been taken to the ground and plucked by the bird of prey but luckily she was able to get a box over the pigeon to keep it safe.
We have started treatment on the pigeon, dried and warmed her as she was sopping wet and settled her in the dark on a heat mat to recover from the shock. She is now standing on her own without aid 💚🙏
Sorry for the lack of photos but our priority was to get her settled and treated asap for the best possible chance at recovery.
We are keeping everything crossed for this beautiful young little bird as we continue her treatment over the next few days🤞🙏💚
Thank you Louise for keeping her safe and for calling us so fast! (we were on another call out so couldn't answer straight away so well done for keeping trying to get through to us!)
As always, thank you to all of our supporters 💚
Without you we just couldn't do what we do for wildlife in need.
Thank you
💚 Kim and Ross 💚
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This morning we were called out to a young hedgehog who had been wandering about in the daylight and very near to a road, just a stones throw away from our home. 🦔💚
Luckily for this little one, his/her hero knew that you should never see a healthy hedgehog out in the daytime and knew exactly what to do to help, and kept this very rare and very precious creature safe from harm.
Only the size of a small to medium size jacket potato and only weighing about the same, this little hedgehog is not on track for this time of year to successfully hibernate all winter.
So back to base where we very carefully and gently check the hedgehog over and in his own time, looking for any wounds, limping, skin issues or sickness.
Other than being very thin and very hungry, everything else looks good. 🙏
So hotel hedgehog it is and he/she is very happily tucking into a forth helping of cat food of the night! (after polishing off four helpings throughout the day too! hence the 12am post after the last, late night check 😴)
We will set up a hedgehog diary tomorrow so we can monitor this little one's weight very carefully over the next few days and fingers crossed we can help get him/her get back on track for winter hibernation where he/she can hopefully rejoin his family members again and, more importantly, to find his or her own husband or wife to make more little spiky potatoes in the coming spring! 🙏💚🦔🥰
We would like to thank this hedgehogs hero for saving this little soul today and for all of you that donate, like & follow our page, share our posts and our all important emergency phone number. 📞
This really does make a huge difference in helping beautiful animals, just like this hedgehog, possible. 🙏💚🙏
We COULD NOT do this without you guys, so thank you!! 🙏🥰
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If you find a wildlife casualty please call us immediately on:
07932 052522
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Great for your four legged friends too!! 💚🐕🐾🍂🌳💚
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💚 Exclusive Wild Surrey Rescue Christmas Cards 💚
We have a limited number of our own Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue Christmas card packs for sale to help raise much needed funds for our local voluntary service 🥰🙏💚
Packs of 4 or 8
4 hand drawn designs painted in watercolour and printed into our first ever addition of Christmas cards.
Each image has been inspired by all of the animals we have helped this year.
The countless pigeons, the little fox from Redhill, the beautiful male pheasant in Dorking and who could forget the male fawn in Nutfield who didn't get the chance to grow his crown 👑
Remember their stories and celebrate them all, this Christmas and share our wild mission with your family and friends 💚
100% of the profits will go straight back to helping more wildlife like these.
All packs include classic white envelopes and will be posted Royal Mail 2nd Class
Starting on the 1st November.
Please place your order at:
https://www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com/
Thank you for your support, as always,
Kim and Ross
We are dedicated to helping wildlife in and around Surrey. Based in Reigate, we are a husband and wife team, currently completely self funded.
