Month: June 2016

Wetnose Animal Aid visit Oggles Hedgehog Rescue – Hedgehog Hospital – Dewsbury in Need of Help.

On Sunday – I visited Vicky and Steve at Oggles Hedgehog Rescue based in Dewsbury on behalf of Wetnose Animal Aid.

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I was overwhelmed by my findings. Vicky is working around the clock nursing fully grown hedgehogs and hoglets (babies) preparing them to return to the wild.

Her entire home has become a safe haven for sick and injured hedgehogs plus abandoned litters of hoglets.

Vicky is disabled, relying on crutches to walk, yet despite this her commitment to wildlife, remains her entire focus. Vicky has saved thousands of hogs that now live freely in the wild – having been raised or rescued by Vicky. Often people bring hogs to Vicky, as a result of finding them in their garden, needing medical attention.

Please Join Us and Watch this Essential Video Explaining More About Oggles Hedgehog Rescue

It is Vicky’s dream to teach and mentor others to take care of sick hedgehogs and understand how a little effort such a long way in maintaining a better lifestyle for them. Hedgehogs ‘currently’ are not a protected species. They often die as a result of nesting under bonfires. They feel the cold and seek out warm places, for instance beneath sheds and log piles.

Please donate if you are able. All links to Oggles can be found at the foot of this page. Please do support them.

Information below, taken from Oggles Facebook Page:-

Oggles Hedgehog Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre is a not-for-profit rescue centre based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. We provide a rescue, treatment and rehabilitation service for orphaned, sick and injured hedgehogs 24 hours a day – 7 days a week.

ogglesOggles was founded in October 2010 by Vicky Greenwood who has rescued, treated, rehabilitated and released hundreds of hedgehogs since it opened.

Oggles are totally self-funding and are committed to provide the nutrition, care, veterinary treatment and medication needed to treat and rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs.

HOW YOU CAN HELP THE HOGGIES!

If you find a hedgehog out in the daytime or have a sick, orphaned or injured hedgehog please call Vicky on 07954 138853.

The rescue depends on donations from our friends and supporters to ensure that we can continue to collect, treat and rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned Hedgehogs.

Oggles Facebook Page please say hi today!

Oggles Blog giving some great updates about where they are at. Great for schools and children’s reads too!

Wetnose Animal Aid supporting smaller animal rescue – join us!

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Here’s a photo of Vicky with one of the rescued hedgehogs. 

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by Tiffany Belle Harper

#Homeless – Hungry – Mentally and Physically Unwell – Meet John #Poverty #HomelessUK

This is John whom I met last year. I had reservations about posting this video as my main concern was to help John. Yet, sadly after a year no further contact was made- I’ve decided to use this footage to help others in the same position.

So … we’ve left the EU. Surely we need to use some of the additional funds now with the UK to ensure every UK Citizen with a British Passport has food and shelter. No person should be living outdoors like this. John is unwell. He needed medical attention and respite, not to be travelling the length of the UK for work without money for transportation, food and a place to sleep.

I had not met John previous to making this video and cannot endorse the accuracy of the information. But it is clear to me, John was doing all he could to improve his circumstances. Cold, frail, walking on to the M1 in the rain with no idea where his next help would come from.

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by Tiffany Belle Harper

UK Information for Campaigners for #StopYulin Dog Meat Festival Yulin

For everyone affected by the atrocities taking place in Yulin at the moment. I too am feeling that pain. It is such a tragic time of year. I try to continue sending love and light to the cats and dogs. I am sending healing, lighting a candle to send their tortured souls to the light. We all have our own ways of dealing with it.

The hardest part about being a campaigner/volunteer (for anything) is that the nicest and kindest people are often those who give most time. They feel the hurt, the pain and the connection more deeply.

Whilst those who carry out the hate, bias, wrath and injustice seem to fall under the radar of compassion. We must not forget, every man can be broken and fixed. It’s all about education. Showing how dogs and cats are to our benefit. We need them as much as they need us. Animals in our lives heal, guide and expand love to over come loneliness. To restore our faith and trust in humanity, nature and oneness.

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Todays news comes from my good friends over at The Animal Team who tell me there’s an open Facebook page by the Chinese Embassy UK. I have posted my thoughts on there. I suggest you do the same. Tweeting and posting is wonderful but extending our words to petitions and directly to the people in power will elevate us as one.

I have added a link to the Chinese Embassy UK Facebook page further down. Please, read the below – to be taken seriously. 

  1. Do not swear
  2. Do not be racist
  3. Plan what you want to write beforehand
  4. Keep it short and to the point (run a spell check)
  5. Do not post anonymously or with alter ego accounts (be you and be proud)

Please have a go !! What have you got to lose?!

Here is the link Chinese Embassy UK Facebook Page

My little animal page on Twitter is @UKRescueConnect where I set up automated tweets. So I’m not there much at all. I use a software called Roundteam that is really good. It can automate hashtags to re-tweet to your page or re-tweets from other Twitter accounts. So you could set up something to re-tweet the hashtags #StopYulin #StopYulin2016 etc.

Roundteam Link Here

The Animal Team offer up to date news and also work with smaller rescue up and down the country. There isn’t much they don’t do for animal welfare. They offer news on #StopYulin via @the_animal_team (Twitter.)

I will bring more great news about Wetnose Animal Aid next week. Bunnies and donkeys (in particular) and I’ve set up a separate blog for my fundraising work as I think I may start confusing people ( if I haven’t already aargh!)

Click Banner to find The Animal Team on Facebook

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Please read my previous blog detailing work about campaigner Marc Ching. More information here.

Marc Ching closing Slaughter Houses in Yulin.

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by Tiffany Belle Harper

#StopYulin #MarcChing China – Twitter Campaign Today. IMPORTANT INFO

The annual barbaric Yulin Dog Meat Festival that takes place from the 21st to the 30th June is well underway where stolen dogs and cats – plus pets bred to eat are being tortured slowly for fun and financial gain. It is enjoyed by the local dog killers as though it’s a sport. They are showing no mercy and the animals are being beaten, kicked and punched for days before their paws, limbs, tails are cut off as the other dogs and cats watch on waiting their fate.

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Many are stolen pets – microchipped.

Most are then skinned alive. Others are just put straight in to scolding water and boiled slowly. They believe in Yulin and parts of China that the more the dog or cat suffers, the better it tastes. It’s heart rendering.

There is currently a Twitter campaign that I believe is being censored. Campaigners are not seeing hashtags shared by other campaigners. I cannot reach any online Activists in China via Twitter. Apart from  and they seem quiet. I hope they are all ok.

Marc Ching a campaigner from the USA is in Yulin now, shutting down slaughter houses and so far he has 1,000 dogs. He is trying to find other activists in China to foster the dogs.

If you are one of the online campaigners, don’t give up.

There is a Tweet Sheet (link at foot of this blog) set up by another campaigner. Simply click on the links and tweet. That’s the best we can do for now. I will keep you updated.

#StopYulin #StopYulin2016 various other hashtags but I am told #StopYulin is the best one. Try to copy other campaigners in on the tweets by using the option below the tweet bar to tag people into the tweet. Use your own tweets, re-tweets are good to unite but not as powerful as those coming from your own timeline.

I am @ukrescueconnect on Twitter for animal campaigning. Good Luck.

A good way to connect with the hashtags is to add them to your actual profile on Twitter.

Marc Ching on Facebook

Tweet Sheets for All to Get Involved NOW !!

Friends of Marc Ching Twitter

PLEASE READ MY NEXT BLOG FOR ANIMAL CAMPAIGNERS HERE #StopYulin

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by Tiffany Belle Harper