Brinsley Animal Rescue

18/10/2026

Meet the new piggy on the block, Billy!!

This sweet, very loving and needy boy is not just super cute, he is super lucky! Billy was found on the busy A46 main road, the Police caught him and took this tiny chap to a vets for a check over and we collected shortly after.

Billy hasn't been well at all, we initially didn't want to publish his story, we weren't sure that he would make it, he was very ill, no doubt triggered from all the stress, in the first few days of his life!

Thanks to the dedication of our volunteering hospital team, providing care and love, with the amazing support from of our farm vets, Billy has turned a corner, he is much brighter and finally eating.

This chap will never have to endure a factory farm, to end up on a plate, he will now live a full life, playing, bathing, running and sleeping like all of our other rescue pigs.

16/10/2026

Tomorrow is our regular People’s Kitchen Sumac Centre 7pm. On the menu is lasagne, foccacia and an Italian salad for a donation of £6. Cakes also sold seperately. All are welcome as always. Once it’s gone it’s gone though.
Hope to see you all tomorrow for lovely food, great company and a fabulous social. Licensed bar will also be open.

12/10/2026

This weekend it was time to give the Bluetongue booster vaccinations to our goats, sheep and cows. Its never easy with the cows, we can't simply go up and inject them! First we need to entice them into the cow shed, so they get bribed with some tasty food! Once contained, we can then corral them into a "cattle crush", this is an expensive piece of kit designed to safety contain them whilst we treat.

The cows get a bit distressed over nothing, so its a relief when its all over, well until it TB testing time that is. Soon after thier routine injections, they were back in the feild as if nothing had ever happened.

30/09/2026

We have soft-released four foxes that arrives earlier in the year as cubs, three of these cubs have been had reared by us, the fourth arrived with a broke pelvis and made a full recovery following surgery and rehabilitation.

They would normally leave thier parents in late Autumn, these unfortunately juveniles from different families, don't have the advantage of being with thier parents to teach them, we therefore "soft-release".

We look for ideal locations, in this case a private wood, we erect a temporary home where they be contained and fed each night for a week or so, then we let the free, but continue to supplement thier feed. As they get use to thier surroundings and instinct cuts in, we can reduce and eventually cease supplementary feeding.

This year, we have rescued 46 foxes including one today which sadly had to be euthanised due to severe injuries.

27/09/2026

A date for your dairy, its great to hear that Compassionate Derby is on again this year, a great event to buy ethical Christmas Gifts, eat amazing vegan food and attend the many talks, hopefully we will see you there!

We’re excited to announce Derby's Christmas Charity, Eco & Ethical Living Fayre is back!

Join us on Saturday 5th December at St. Peter's Church Hall in Derby City Centre. FREE ENTRY and everyone is very welcome.

There will be over 30 stalls selling an exciting array of vegan and eco food and lifestyle products, animal rescues and lots of other compassionate campaigns for animal rights, human rights, and environmentalism. There will also be engaging talks, vegan cookery demos, free samples and more!

Proceeds from the event will be going to the wonderful Brinsley Animal Rescue.

If you are interested in applying for a stall, please visit our website
https://www.compassionatederby.com/

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27/09/2026

Just when we thought it was time to hang up our hand rearing tools for another season and breath a sigh of relief a little 72 grammer arrives covered in maggots and fly eggs. After a few syringe feeds, some fluids and the removal of the eggs and maggots he was well on his way and eating on his own.

With unusually warm weather and climatic changes nature is all over the place and babies are still being born. This little one will remain with us for some time until he is big enough to go outside and survive a winter. If he doesn’t reach a good weight he may well be with us until Spring. Wildlife rescue never ends.

25/09/2026

Can you offer Johnny Munchkin a forever home? Johnny through no fault of his own is at his fourth home in the space of a year. His first owner had to move into a care home and he was not allowed to be with her, his second owner has just sadly passed away and he’s also been in 2 rescues.

He’s a lovely boy but gets nervous of new things. He’s 9 years old so is being overlooked but once he gets to know you he loves fuss and sitting on laps. He seems fine with other cats and some dogs and would suit an elderly human. He loves his food and since being with us he’s been on a diet!

If you can offer a home or would like to view this lovely fella then get in touch with the rescue.

22/09/2026

Hay and Straw Winter Stock helps us keep rescued pets, farm animals safe, warm and well fed through the coldest months. ❄️🐾, our stock is very depleted, help…

12/09/2026

This young Mallard was admitted after being struck by a car, thankfully there wasn't any serious injuries, they have been treated for soft tissue damage and a couple of weeks later, released and flying again.

06/09/2026

Meet Max, he arrived last weekend. Max was living in a back garden and suprise suprise, soon destroyed it, and although he's still growing, he became too large for the owners.

Max was castrated this week, so soon we will be able to bond him with other pigs, living in a herd as pigs should do, as they naturally would. He had a retained testical and so his surgery wasn't routine, he needed abdominal surgery.

Although a big operation, he is recovering well and certainly has his appetite back!