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Now safe - three newly born lambs with their mum
2011
Quality of Life Sanctuary... Emergency Sheep Rescue..
The Quality of Life Sanctuary in Devon had been evicted We heard about a flock of sheep needing urgent assistance when their
from its land after their bank foreclosed on them. With the ex-owner, who had been prosecuted and banned from keeping livestock,
proprietors already forced to leave, the animals were left threatened to shoot them all. As police took the man into custody, we rushed
with nowhere to go. All negotiations to allow the animals to bring the 75 sheep, mostly pregnant ewes, 200 miles to the safety of Hillside.
to stay in their home failed and a crisis ensued as the They arrived late in the evening. Many were in poor condition but, with a little
animals had to be removed or face the unthinkable... TLC, they soon recovered and the ewes all safely gave birth.
As bailiffs moved onto the farm, where 35 horses and ponies,
also cows, sheep and goats were awaiting their fate, we were
contacted in a last ditch attempt to save the animals.
Naturally, we agreed to help, and the first animals from the
Devon sanctuary arrived at Hillside within the next few days.
Above, the animals now enjoying life at Hillside... Beauty (one of the 75) was so emaciated
on arrival that she collapsed and had to be
carried from the lorry. Right - fully recovered
at Hillside where she is now
part of our Adoption Scheme on page 62.
