Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary

21/06/2024

Check out chellemallett’s video.

17/06/2024

Atomic Kitten is back at the vets today as the wound on his face isn't healing in line with the vets expectations

Thank you to all who have helped with the vets bill, I will post the link again on a story, or if you can't locate it and want to help, please pm ❤️

https://gofund.me/6f38ca1f

Fiona has made several videos about it which will be on her Patreon later today

Fingers, paws & claws crossed for Atomic

17/06/2024

What a lovely day 😁

Check out these beautiful animals having their best lives

Links mentioned in the commentary are

www.patreon.com/fionaoakes

https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows

17/06/2024

Get behind the scenes daily updates from Fiona & Percy - animal stories, private tours, training tips & advice on diet plus loads more

Subscribe from just £1 a month with all funds going to to the sanctuary

www.patreon.com/fionaoakes

16/06/2024

This is Athos!

Athos is in last place in the marathon des cows and desperately needs to find friends to sponsor him from just €1 a month

Huge thanks to all who are already helping the animals, but I'm afraid we need to find a lot more people like you if we are to avoid closure

Please don't let this happen 😢. Links to help below

Athos and his 2 friends Porthos and Aramis were rescued from a farm up in north lincolnshire after they had been deemed as "poor doers" and therefore were not worth the farmers time and expense to continue to feed as they were not going to make the necessary weight to yield a decent profit at slaughter.

So we took Monty our transport van up to Market Raisen and fetched the 3 small boys home. They were indeed all thin and clearly something was wrong. Blood tests revealed that they all had BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea) which fortunately was treatable with antibotics.

Sadly it transpired that Aramis was a PI. That means Persistently Infected meaning that he caught the virus whilst developing in his mothers womb and his immune system became integrated with the virus rather than recognising it as a threat. PI animals don't suffer with the illness symptoms, BUT shed virus all the time meaning that in the industry they are culled, but we were able to keep Aramis separate from the other cows.

PI animals generally dont make it to 2 due to other factors, but Aramais lived until he was 4. Athos fully recovered and is in fantastic condition and would love to stay safe at the sanctuary with his best friend Porthos.

https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows

14/06/2024

Thank you to all who took part in the Humphrey the Highland raffle which raised £429 for the animals :)

Stay tuned for the next fundraising raffle !

14/06/2024

14/06/2024

See how well Barnaby is doing after all his leg straightening treatments :)

You can adopt this little man at the link below from just £1 a month and help care for him as he lives his life out at the sanctuary

https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows-pages/gc2rbhpnn8h9rek-sys9w-bh3gk-rwp5g-6bz94-sybph-maws9-hjjfh-7kt22-4mh23-hz94y-myjh8-bhz8k-arypl-7ph6p-tz6by-4r7t5-7ybjp-cxc7f-r4w7s-yf9ml

12/06/2024

Own your own Highland Cow !

Tickets at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=6L4ADLMNCB7Y4

12/06/2024

Rosie in her secret garden den!

Rosie's story is bittersweet as her baby Rufus' misfortune in being born disabled, saved her life

Read about it at the link in the story of this post, also saved in highlights "cows"

Rosie would love you to adopt her as she is just on halfway to reaching her fundraiser target to help save her home, details at the same link 😁

06/06/2024

This is Atomic Kitten who started to make more and more frequent visits to the farm site over the past year or so

He was very feral and you couldn't get near him, however over the months we have gradually got his confidence

He is not a official rescue and we didn't know where he came from or whether he was chipped

He comes and goes and we have been feeding him and he had improved his condition a lot - however he's been missing for a few days, but re-appeared looking very poorly

We caught him and he is now at the vet who have confirmed he is not chipped, but is quite poorly & so we can take responsibility and get him hopefully better and neutered

Any help towards his costs greatly appreciated

https://gofund.me/6f38ca1f

Stay tuned for news

Thank you

(Vet footage on Fiona's Patreon page at www.patreon.com/fionaoakes )

06/06/2024

Piggies need help!

05/06/2024

Can anyone local to Brentwood or the Sanctuary help with by collecting a car load of bread from NOW to 730pm? Pleeeease 😢

05/06/2024

Breakfast is served!

Help here https://www.towerhillstables.org/donate-1

#завтрак

04/06/2024

Hello, my name is Hector and I live at the sanctuary with over 50 other cow friends plus the horses

I have a few people who have adopted me and help towards my feed costs. I am at €41 per month so far and I need to get to €100 to reach my target to help save the Sanctuary otherwise I will lose my home 😢

Please help me from just €1 a month

Thank you

The Marathon des cows link is in the bio and my specific link to help is
https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows-pages/2023/5/27/gerda-6rptf-wxne6-xfyp2-f28ec-dzltr-8wc4y-j3jcs-fwh2h-l7pxl-ah8ld-nw666-wpg2a-gsxrt-h3alt-cbx9p-cztrl-jz687
Love from Hector XX

03/06/2024

The 3 ducklings saved from a school egg laying project are growing very quickly indeed!

They are great at turning clear water into a brown mess in a matter of minutes 🤣

Here is the link to help them https://www.towerhillstables.org/donate-1

If you set up a regular subscription for £2 a month or more, Percy will make you a bespoke certificate of thanks which he will email to you 😁

Please let us know in the message that the subscription was for the Ducks ❤️

Thank you X ❤️

02/06/2024

Bread run volunteer and supporter gets thank you Turkey cuddles from Tina 😁

Check out all the different ways to help the sanctuary in the how to help menu on our website 😁

Link in bio

01/06/2024

The incredibly handsome Rudolph!

Rudolph was just 4 weeks old when he arrived with his elderly mum Margot a few years ago

Margot had been used as a breeding machine all her life and was no longer 'fit for purpose" 😐 and she

We arranged to take her and her last baby in 2020 and Rudolph stayed by her side until she passed from old age in 2022.

Rudolph would love to hear from anyone looking to adopt a cow friend as he is only at 47% of his target fundraising in the marathon des cows

You can help him hit is target from just €1 a month

See the link below to help 😁

https://shorturl.at/FbzFm

Thank you X

31/05/2024

In recent tests, 10 out of 10 rescued race horses said they preferred to munch on haylage (and stay near the feed store in case they missed the chance to raid it) than to wander in 40 acres of grazing... 🤨🤨🤨

27/05/2024

The Big Run Around is an annual event at the farm site which the horses and cows get very - and understandably - excited about!

Once Spring arrives and the fields are dry enough with a good head of grass, we let them into the home field which is adjacent to their Winter turnout yard - you can see the video of this a few posts down the wall

Once they have eaten down the grass in this field - which doesn't take that long as its only an 8 acre paddock - we open up the gates to the River field, which also gives them access to the West Field and the Middle Field - which in turn brings them back to the other side of the original Home Field - hence the "Big Run Around"!

Hope you like the video, presented by Percy Productions

We need 17% of the people who follow us on this page to spare £1 a month in order to carry on providing a home for all these rescued animals as we are still relying on our reserves as monthly donations are not covering the current costs :(

Without the support the animals need we will be forced to stop

Please don't let that happen - we have 500 rescues relying on us and you.

Huge thanks to all who are already helping - you are making and have made a massive difference to so many animals lives

Check out how to be a monthly supporter at the link below - from just £1 a month

https://www.towerhillstables.org/donate-1

Please share & comment :)

27/05/2024

Your chance to own your own Highland!

Tickets at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=6L4ADLMNCB7Y4

24/05/2024

Baby Barnaby is doing so well following all the treatments he had had to help straighten and strengthen his front legs.

If you follow on Patreon you may have seen him galloping for his milk yesterday 🥰

Barnaby has nearly reached his fundraiser target as part of his efforts in the marathon des cows whereby each of the 54 rescued cows is seeking to find people to adopt them to reach their £100 a month target

The idea being that if each could do this, it would bring in just over £5k a month which will be a big help towards closing the current monthly funding shortfall

Barnaby is at £85 a month already !

Can you help him reach the finish line? It would be 15 people doing £1 a month, or 3 doing a fiver

Please help him keep his forever home 🤗

https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows-pages/gc2rbhpnn8h9rek-sys9w-bh3gk-rwp5g-6bz94-sybph-maws9-hjjfh-7kt22-4mh23-hz94y-myjh8-bhz8k-arypl-7ph6p-tz6by-4r7t5-7ybjp-cxc7f-r4w7s-yf9ml

Thank you

Pic - Barnaby with our roofing specialist from Barcelona

23/05/2024

Follow Fiona on her Patreon for loads of daily updates on Sanctuary life, and her training and up & coming events :)

Last post on there is "public" so you can watch without subscribing - it's feeding time for Barnaby !

You can be one of Fiona's patrons from just £1 a month & get access to hundreds of videos - all funds go to the sanctuary

creating positive proof for the vegan cause

23/05/2024

Šuns out again! Thank goodness, time for an after dinner mud bath 😁

One of our 100 rescued piggies enjoying her day

Please help us to continue to care for them by helping with a small monthly subscription to help with all the feed costs, it's really crippling 😐

Details of how to help in the linktree in our bio and massive thanks to all who are already helping care for the rescues 😁

22/05/2024

Despite his smaller stature, Roan on the left is the herd leader at the farm site.

I was just making a video when Roan came over to investigate what I was up to and then Hercules also came over, but Roan quickly put the much bigger horse on his place. No actual action took place but with his ears back and his posturing Hercules decided to back away 🤣

Roan will always protect the herd and his position within it. For example when they move to new pasture, it will be Roan who first scouts the perimeter to check for any dangers that might impact his herd

He is an Exmoor pony and retains nearly all of his wild instincts

Thank you to everyone who is helping us to keep going in this difficult environment. We still need a lot more people to sign up with a monthly subscription, from just £1, if we are to be able to carry on caring for the 500 rescues and meet the feed and maintenance costs

Need just 17% of our Facebook followers to spare a pound a month to dig us out of the hole we are on and enable us to continue. This is 24/7 for us and we will continue for as long as we can

For the animals

Links to help 😁

https://linktr.ee/towerhills

22/05/2024

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This is Snorky - one of our eldest Highland residents and one of 17 of these magnificent creatures now living at the sanctuary

As regular readers will know, all the cows - all 54 of them & yes, even Baby Barnaby - are participating in the "Marathon des Cows" event with the aim of trying to find new friends to adopt them - (there is no need to take your chose Highland home when you adopt them so don't panic)

You can adopt from just £1 a month & it will go towards the feed bills and sanctuary running costs

Each Cowpetitor has to find £100 a month (or more!) in adoptions in order to finish the race

Snorky had finished and was in the finishers lounge (barn) when unfortunately one of his adopters cancelled taking him back below the £100 per month threshold & he was back out on the course

Thankfully a kind supporter stepped in to add an adoption and Snorky was back in the finishers lounge

Unfortunately, (again) another adopter has cancelled and Snorky is again back out on the course and looking for a new friend to help him over the line - and it's raining too :(

Will you help him?

Details at the link (click on the picture)

Only 10 of the 53 cows have finished the race, so there are many others than need your help too - you'll find them all at the same link (scroll to the bottom & see the forward & back buttons to scroll to the next Cowpetitor - the ticker tape at the top will tell you how close they are to the finish line

All the Cowpetitors need to finish the race if we are to stand a chance of saving their forever home

Please share, comment and share again !

Thank you

Back in 2019 wer were contacted by the man who runs Colchchester livestock market to see whether it might be possible for us to take a small herd of Highland Cows. The man was aware of Fiona since we had previously rescued Olga and Marinka from that place.  He had been looking to secure a

20/05/2024

Today we opened up the back part of the Elm field to allow the Highland herd to move onto fresh pasture :)

As you can see they were very keep to taste the lush grass

You can read about all 17 of the Highlands and their individual rescue stories as well as the other 37 rescued cows at the sanctuary at the link below

You can adopt 0ne of them from just £1 a month and help towards their feed costs AND receive a bespoke thank you eCertificate hand crafted by Percy himself as a little thank you to share on your page

https://www.towerhillstables.org/marathon-des-cows