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Poor Fox sadly P.T.S. |
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Swan Rescue |
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Happy Fox Rescue |
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Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them wherever they require it. Francis of Assisi |
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Wild life Rescue We aim to provide care to orphaned, sick and injured wild animals and release them back to their natural habitat. |
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Rescue of swan. Swan being released |
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This beautiful Swan was found very sick and gave 10 days here in a quiet kennel with us until she was ready to be released back to the lake in Templemore when her Antibiotics were finished. |
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We got a call about this poor Fox that was injured, so we headed off to catch him and sadly he had to be PTS because he had a broken foot, a badly injured spine and also a broken tail that would have had to be amputated. At least we ended his suffering! |
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Broken Tail |
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Injured Spine |
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Broken Foot |
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We received a call not long ago about a fox caught in a snare. The people were very upset as the fox was alive and going into shock from the fear. We told the people we would come out and do our best to release the fox. We got some supplies ready and headed out to where the fox was spotted. We finally managed to find the fox and by the time we had arrived the fox had been I the snare at least 8 hours. He was exhausted and in shock from struggling to free himself. The snare was the type used to catch Badgers and are illegal to use here in Ireland. We got the fox sedated and cut him free from the wire snare. You can see the snare in the picture to the left. After checking the fox for injuries we wrapped him in a blanket and left him in a safe place until he would wake up. It was very rewarding to have helped free this fox, he was a gorgeous young male. We would encourage anyone who is out walking and sees a snare to pull it up so that it doesn't catch a fox, dog, cat or other animal. |
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This Cygnet crashed landed into wires and broke her wing and tore herself in a few places and will remain with us until she is ready to be released back with her family in a couple of weeks. |
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This Swan was brought to us in April 2008 by our local Wildlife Warden, he was a bit shook after being attacked by his family for what reason we do not know so he stayed with us for a week and then he went down to Cork to Chelsea who takes on a lot of wildlife and cares for them and releases them into safe places. Thank you Chelsea! |
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A member of the public came across this little fella in her garden all tangled up in netting so she rang and Hannah went out at 10pm at night, I removed as much of the netting as I could that night without stressing him too much and put him into a cage with food and water and we got the rest of the netting off him the follow morning and he was released back into the wild. I helped another hedgehog at the same place last year, he had fallen down a cattle grid and we successful in getting him out and back to safety. |
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This lovely Kestrel came into us after he was caught in the storm in Oct 2008 and he only had to stay with us for one night and when he was fully recovered the following day we released him so lets hope he stays out of trouble now and keeps to the sky's. They are a very beautiful creature but must be handled with care and always with gloves on as their beaks are very sharp and can do great damage to your fingers or hand. |
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A Kestrel for a change |
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Injured Cygnet |
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Another Swan |
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A Hedgehog this time |
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The horrible Snare! |
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Fox recovering from the sedation. |
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Hedgehog Rescue |
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This little Hedgehog wandered into Kelly's yard on 03/06/2009 an she is taking care of her now, she had a bad respiratory infection and had an eye infection and sadly lost one of her eyes., so she is now on eye drops and antibiotics and is doing great. She will be released back to the wild in the next week |
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Bandit.. Two fox cubs together.. Amber.. |
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Fox Cub Rescue |
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Hedgehog Rescue |
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BANDIT came into us in May when he was about 10 weeks old, he was found in a rabbit hutch by another rescue group when they were doing a cruelty check and nobody knows what happened to his siblings or mother. |
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AMBER came into us in June when she was nearly 4 months old, she was found on the side of the road with her dead mother and her eyes were not even open and a lovely kind man who has greyhounds found her and done a great job hand rearing her and then she came to the rescue. |
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They will both be released together in August/September as that is when the Vixen says goodbye to her cubs. Amber came into us quite tame due to being hand reared but has come on great in the time here with Bandit and is quite wild now and we will have no problem releasing them both. |
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3 babies together Close up of one |
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I got a call from a very concerned farmer in Co Limerick about these 3 babies last Sunday evening 28/06/2009, he had been cleaning out his barn and disturbed the nest the evening before and he was great to keep an eye on them to see if the mom returned which sadly she did not. Kelly took on the difficult job of hand feeding these tiny babies who were 1--2 weeks old every couple of hours, and they are on kitten milk and are getting on great according to Kelly who weighs them every morning. They will be released back into the wild in 6--7 weeks time when they are old enough. |
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Kelly is now taking care of all Small Wild Life that comes into Cottage Rescue and she will also take care of any small pets like Rabbits, Hamsters etc and big Wild Life will be taken care of at the main rescue in our special pen and taken care of by Hannah. You can contact Kelly on: 087 9916 222 Hannah on: 087 970 1919 |
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Updated 16th August 2009 Our Fox Cubs were released this week, off they went and never looked back, so fingers crossed that they will be all right and keep off the roads. |
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Hedgehog alert Hedgehogs are busy getting ready this time of the year (Autumn) for winter hibernation and need to have built up plenty of weight in order to survive the winter. If you see a hedgehog out during the daytime there is a problem, try to take a good look at the hedgehog, IF it is skinny looking (they will be more of an oval shape then a round shape), has fly eggs or ticks on it, seems to have breathing or walking difficulties then PLEASE put the hedgehog in a box with some leaves or towel and call your local Animal Rescue. Any hedgehog that is not proper weight or is unhealthy WILL NOT survive hibernation this winter. There is also the added trouble of the 'autumn juveniles' as well....these are babies that were born late in the summer and often times they do not have the time to build up enough weight to survive hibernation. A young or small hedgehog needs to be picked up if seen out during the daylight hours and a rescue centre called. You can of course help out your local hedgehogs by putting out food and fresh water in your garden for them. A diet of poultry based canned food (either dog or cat will do) and a good cat biscuit will be greatly appreciated by your local hedgehogs. You could even go so far as building a feeding station or nesting box for your local garden hedgehogs, there are lots of websites showing how to build these. It you are worried about a sick or injured hedgehog, you can call Kelly: 087 99 16 222 and leave me a message, I will get back to you when I can. Please remember that calling sooner rather then later can save a life of a hedgehog, these little ones can die quickly if they don't get proper care in time. |
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Updated 4th September. This pic was taken just before the baby hedgehogs were released, they have grown quite big but proved too prickly to handle for the photo as they have been allowed to go wild in their pen in readiness for their release. Just look at the size of them now compared to when they came in and what a great job Kelly done with them! We have lovely homes got for them where food will be put out for them in feed stations. |
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Updated 4th September 2009 Kelly called this Hedgehog Miss Tiggywinkle and she is all better now and is being released next week into a safe enviroment where she will be well taken care of and what a difference we can see in her and she has turned into a real pet, just look at the way she is snuggling into Kelly's neck. Well done Kelly! |
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Cottage Rescue is a Registered Charity: CHY 17184 |
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Updated: 08 March 2010 |
