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Deer Rescue...

The fields where our horses and cows graze
are a safe haven for the deer, foxes and
other wildlife who live there. However, outside
the protection of such meadows and woodlands
it can be a very different story.

We are always on call, 24 hours a day, to attend

mainly deer and foxes who have been injured on

the roads. Through veterinary treatment, we

always try to save the animal's life but, if this is

not possible, we are at least able prevent them

having a slow, painful end. We have had many This poor Muntjac was found covered in blood...
wildlife success stories when we have been able

to release recovered foxes and swans and given

There are a home to deer who we have been able to help survive their injuries.
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deer living at Our latest casualty of the road, is the little Muntjac deer you can see above. We were called to
a house where the frightened deer, having been injured on the road, had crashed through the
Hillside glass front door and then, terrified, ran around the home. On arrival, our staff found him
upstairs, on the bed, covered in blood. Worried that he might try to leap through the glass

window to the ground below, they had to take great care to contain him safely.

Back at the sanctuary, to save the deer, our vet successfully amputated his
damaged leg and he now manages exceptionally well on his three good ones.

Felix...

We were only too pleased to take in little Felix (left) after he was found with
his dead mother by the side of a road.

Although he was uninjured, on arrival he was suffering with diarrhea which
can indicate a serious problem. Thankfully, with veterinary treatment, that
completely cleared up. Felix, named by the gentleman who found him, is a
Roe deer fawn. As with all our other deer, he is provided with a variety of
natural green foliage that he would enjoy in the wild.

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