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Car accident saves Jamie the lamb from slaughter
A lamb has been saved from slaughter after escaping and being hit by a is currently paralysed in his rear legs but Brinsley Animal Rescue hopes he will make a recovery and then be rehomed as a might have to use a wheelchair if he does not regain the use of his legs but the Nottinghamshire-based team said he will still be able to live a long and happy are normally slaughtered when they are about six months old. "All the signs at the moment are positive," said Jon Beresford, who runs the rescue centre."There's no spinal damage, and he has got reflexes in both those back legs."With physiotherapy and with time he stands a realistic chance of recovery." The centre was contacted on Friday by vets in Sheffield, where Jamie had been taken after his did not have a tag on his ear, meaning the farmer could not be traced."The people who found the lamb tried to find where he had come from but he was nowhere near any fields," said Mr vets X-rayed Jamie but could not find any major internal issues, so they asked Brinsley Animal Rescue to take him vets have now examined Jamie and it is thought his paralysis might be caused by a displaced lumbar disc, or a burst blood vessel, either of which could be pushing on the sciatic nerve. "Because the lamb is still young and still growing, he can recover from both of those," Mr Beresford said."If Jamie makes a full recovery we will rehome him as a pet, to live with other sheep."Mr Beresford said there were also rescue centres that have disabled lambs who "live amazing lives in wheelchairs and still fly around".Brinsley Animal Rescue itself has a number of disabled former farm animals, including a blind cow and a cow with a jaw deformity who struggles to eat."People feel sorry for them but that challenge has saved their lives," said Jon."Similarly, Jamie would have been killed and on somebody's plate in another three or four months."Now he's hopefully going to live the rest of his life free."
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Heron flies free after release from fishing wire
A heron has been released back into the wild after being freed from a tangle of fishing wire. Brinsley Animal Rescue in Nottinghamshire said the bird had "beaten the odds" after it was found trapped and wounded near the Ilkeston canal. Centre co-founder Jon Beresford, who nursed the heron back to health, said he was concerned the bird might struggle but was relieved when it "flew and flew". "It was amazing and made all the hard work worthwhile," Mr Beresford said. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Heron flies free after release from fishing wire
A heron has been released back into the wild after being freed from a tangle of fishing wire. Brinsley Animal Rescue in Nottinghamshire said the bird had "beaten the odds" after it was found trapped and wounded near the Ilkeston canal. Centre co-founder Jon Beresford, who nursed the heron back to health, said he was concerned the bird might struggle but was relieved when it "flew and flew". "It was amazing and made all the hard work worthwhile," Mr Beresford said. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210.
BBC News
29-05-2025
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Watch heron fly free after release from fishing wire
This is the moment a heron was released back into the wild after it was freed from a tangle of fishing Animal Rescue in Nottinghamshire said the bird had "beaten the odds" after it was found trapped and wounded near the Ilkeston canal. Centre co-founder Jon Beresford, who nursed the heron back to health, said he was concerned the bird might struggle but was relieved when it "flew and flew"."It was amazing and made all the hard work worthwhile," Mr Beresford said.
BBC News
27-05-2025
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Heron tangled in fishing wire released back into wild
A wildlife rescuer has said a heron which was found caught in fishing line managed to beat the odds to be released back into the wild. Brinsley Animal Rescue said it received four or five phone calls a week about wildlife trapped in fishing wire but only managed to rescue one in 20 when Jon Beresford, co-founder of the centre, received a call about a wounded heron trapped in fishing wire at the Ilkeston canal, he did not hold out much hope of a positive he was not only able to capture the bird but nurse it back to health and it has now been released back into the wild. Mr Beresford said: "It's a massive frustration that I get so many calls for ducks, geese and other birds caught in fishing wire and it's very rare that I can do anything. "If they are on or near water, they are very difficult to catch, even if they're tangled, because they just go back into the water where we have no means to catch them. "And when we are able to catch them, they are usually starving or near to the end of life by that point, so by then, the chances are fairly slim."Mr Beresford said it took four days before he was able to get to the heron at Ilkeston Canal, which was left with a wound in its wing and another on its beak. It was then taken to a vet and put on a drip, before rescue centre staff started the process of feeding the heron themselves and allowing it to build up its strength over several weeks. The bird was initially fed on special liquid recovery food, before being force fed fish, until he started eating on his own."Then at the weekend, we decided it was time to see if he could fly," Mr Beresford said. "We took him to our big field, so that if he couldn't make it very far, he'd be easier to catch again."But he just flew and flew. It was amazing and made all the hard work worthwhile."
