Brinsley Animal Rescue

24/11/2025

Meet Olivia and Pepper.

These beautiful bunnies were left abandoned, left to perish. Tenants of vacated a house and abandoned these innocent girls, thier cage door had been left open, as if they could somehow fend for themselves! Domestic rabbits would not stand a chance on their own, they have lost all survival instincts as well as thier natural camouflage colours.

They are now safe, they have started thier course of vaccinations and will be neutered soon, this will costs the charity over £600.

This year we have so far had to turn away 216 rabbits, we can only take more pets in when space is created by people offering homes to rescue pets, rather than breeding and buying.

22/11/2025

The Little Grebe we recently admitted, after a member of the publics dog got hold of him, has made a full recovery and has been released back to thier home.

21/11/2025

Jim and Rosie the dumped piggies we rescued this week are settling in very well, they are now living a life of luxury in our large cow shed, where they are keeping warm snuggled up to each other, buries deep into the straw.

Jim will get another visit from our farm vets soon, when his bits will be removed so he can continue to live with Rosie without making more little Jim and Rosies', we allready have 13 pigs looking for life-long homes.

If you can offer a 5 star home to Jim and Rosie or any of our other piggies, please get in touch. Our cows will soon need the cow shed!

21/11/2025

Please join us at Compassionate Derby event, great for finding unique Christmas gifts and enjoying some amazing vegan food and treats, the organisers are holding this event again this year in aid of us.

19/11/2025

A busy day today for our team, not that any other day isn't just as busy!

Our first emergency was to a very sick fox that was lying on the side of a footpath, we received calls from four separate members of the public who were all very concerned about the foxes welfare. Three of our volunteers dropped everything, collected the rescue equipment and attended.

The fox was not in great shape so they took straight to our vets where sadly we had to let them go. The fox had multiple injuries, most probably caused by a road traffic incident. Whilst we did not save thier life, we promptly ended thier suffering.

The second call was for a swan which was by the side of a road and had been taken to a local vets. As soon as the fox had been resolved, our volunteers responded to the swan. Its early days for the prognosis of this beautiful bird, we are though optimistic that it is possibly nothing more than concussion from a crash landing.

The third emergency of the day, which isn't over yet, was two young domestic rabbits that had been dumped, thankfully these have been caught and are now very safe in our care. Domestic rabbits would not last long in the wild, being white, they would have been lucky to have survived the night.

17/11/2025

We recently admitted this Little Grebe, they had been caught by a dog. Thankfully there are no visible injuries, the Grebe was understandably stressed on admission but thankfully soon started eating, they are doing remarkably well and on the way to a full recovery and release.

15/11/2025

After sedating the sole run away, the female has also been caught and reunited with her friend. After a vet checks they'll be up for adoption.

The pigs, thought to be abandoned, were spotted in fields near Walesby in Nottinghamshire.

13/11/2025

Thank you so much to the team at MMD in Somercotes, the staff raised an amazing £815 for us and this was doubled by the company to £1,630.

The team also collected together much needed pet food for our wildlife hospital, this week they personally delivered and gave us a chance to thank them for this generous donation.

Thank you team!!

12/11/2025

More escaped / dumped pigs that we are trying to save, we keep receiving calls from the public and Police to rescue this young pair of fugitive piggies. So far Sammie in this article has captured one of the illusive pair.

Once caught we will be collecting and getting them checked over and seeking a life-long home.

Two dumped pigs being tracked in Nottinghamshire have put up a fight.

11/11/2025

Last Sunday we admitted a buzzard that had been found grounded, the caller had been struggling to find a rescue who were able to help and had them for several days before we took the call, thankfully they had been feeding the buzzard and keeping them safe.

On examination it was clear there they weren't the best of condition not least the tail position, which was to the side and the bird wasn't able to move it. X-rays have confirmed that not only was the tail broken, but there are several shot gun pellets lodged in the bird. It is probable that they have been shot and the broken tail is a result of the bird crash landing.

We have successfully treated and released birds with broken tails, but not a bird of prey, whilst the bones will eventually fuse, its vital that they have full mobility before they can be released and only time will tell if this ends well. #

10/11/2025

Whilst feeding and checking the cows and ponies today, we just had to pause for a moment to admire the amazing autumn morning as the sun cut through the morning mist over our beautiful land.

08/11/2025

A beautiful morning and we are thankful that there is still grass for our cows and we are not yet housing them for winter. For us that means we aren’t using hay and not yet using straw supplies. The even better news is that our hard core volunteers that enjoy good work outs are not yet mucking out the cow barn. Reasons to be grateful.