Page 21 - Hillside 2015 20th Anniversary Newsletter
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2011 Now safe - three newly born lambs with their mum
Quality of Life Sanctuary...
The Quality of Life Sanctuary in Devon, had been evicted Emergency Sheep Rescue..
from its land after their bank foreclosed on them. With the
proprietors already forced to leave, the animals were left We heard about a flock of sheep needing urgent assistance when their
with nowhere to go. All negotiations to allow the animals ex-owner, who had been prosecuted and banned from keeping livestock,
to stay in their home failed, and a crisis ensued as the threatened to shoot them all. As police took the man into custody, we rushed
animals had to be removed or face the unthinkable... to bring the 75 sheep, mostly pregnant ewes, 200 miles to the safety of Hillside.
They arrived late in the evening. Many were in poor condition but, with a little
As bailiffs moved onto the farm, where 35 horses and ponies, TLC, they soon recovered and the ewes all safely gave birth.
also cows, sheep and goats were awaiting their fate, we were
contacted in a last ditch attempt to save the animals.
Of course 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 21
recovered at Hillside where she is now
part of our Adoption Scheme on page 61.
