ALFS

12/02/2026

Hello please post - found dog in Cheshunt golf club. I will take to the vets to get scanned. Please message if anyone knows who he belongs to

09/02/2026

Please help, SOFA WANTED.
This write up is from the family fostering.
Black Binx is always ready for rough and tumble. White Flurry will watch evaluate before diving in. They are bundles of fun who are full of energy, just waiting for their forever home.
Please call Alfs on 07714 999581 for further information. Thank you, please share. Can live with children, dogs and other cats, cuddly and confident.
RE AVAILABLE - Nine weeks old 17th
Will be vet checked, chipped, flea, wormed and 1st.vac.
They will be going home as a pair. Two sisters will stay together

09/02/2026

RESERVED - THANK YOU
SOFA WANTED
Emily is a young Mum of around a year old, looking for a home with her daughter, who is CHOCOLATE BROWN, they are just so friendly and cuddly. Vet visit on 17th, Emily will be spayed, they will both be vet checked, chipped, flea wormed and 1st Vac. Can live with children, dogs and other cats. Please call Alfs on 07714 999581 for further information.
Thank you so much for sharing.

08/02/2026

PERFECT - Please when you can if your having an event, use this company. Giving its services for free, to support local charities.

We are very greatful that The Signature Suite Luxury Toilet Hire have kindly offered to support our 2 events outside at Widford Playing Field supporting Wild at Heart Rescue and Heart Animal Rescue Team thank you again ❤️

07/02/2026

07/02/2026

THANK YOU - ALL RESERVED
LOTS OF COMMENTS - No Enquiries.
Please help, SOFA WANTED.
This write up is from the family fostering Emily and her gang.

Mummy Emily is such a gentle girl. She just loves chin scratches and will sooth you with her loud purrs. She has been a wonderful mum to her 3 beautiful girlies. Chocolate Buttons is bold and adventurous, always squeaking at you for attention. Black Binx is always ready for rough and tumble. White Flurry will watch evaluate before diving in. They are bundles of fun who are full of energy, just waiting for their forever home.
Please call Alfs on 07714 999581 for further information. Thank you, please share.
Kittens will go in pairs, Mumma will go home with one of her daughters.

07/02/2026

SHE IS DEAD. BUT THE CUBS ARE WAITING. 🦡🍼

It is February - Cub Season in the UK & Ireland.

You see a Badger hit by a car. You keep driving. "It's too late," you think. Turn around. She might be a "Milk Tanker" that just failed to arrive. If she is dead, her cubs are currently alive underground, waiting for a meal that will never come.

The Science of "The Lactation Check":

1. The "Alopecia" Sign (The Visible Ni**le) In winter, badgers have thick fur. But a nursing mother develops Lactational Alopecia. She loses the fur around her teats to make it easier for cubs to suckle.

The Check: Use a stick. Gently move the fur on her belly.
Visible, pink, swollen teats? = She has dependent cubs.
Hairless circle around them? = She is actively nursing right now.

2. The Metabolic Tether (The Radius) A lactating sow is biologically "tethered" to her sett. She cannot travel far because she needs to return frequently to keep the cubs warm (thermoregulation) and fed. The Science: If you find a lactating female, the cubs are likely within a 500m radius. This data is gold for rescuers.

3. The "Slow Starve" Protocol Badger cubs are born with brown fat reserves, but they are hypoglycemic. Without the mother, they will not die tonight. They will wait. After 24 hours, they will start crying (a whickering sound). After 72 hours, they will crawl out of the sett in desperation and die of hypothermia. You have a window to save them.

The Protocol:

1. Check: Use a stick. Look for swollen teats.

2. Mark: Use "What3Words" or Google Maps to pin the exact location of the body.

3. Report: Call a local Badger Group or Wildlife Rescue immediately. Tell them: "Confirmed lactating female found at [Location]."

4. Do Not Dig: You cannot find the sett yourself. Rescuers use thermal scopes and experience to locate the orphans before they starve.

5. The Verdict: One check takes 30 seconds. It could save 3 lives that are currently sleeping underground, unaware they are orphans.

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