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We are delighted that Mac the Mossburn Rabbit now has his own book.
The story follows our very own Mac on a voyage of discovery with the help of Fern the Deer and the Rabbit Rescue Squad, amongst others.
Sheep
Here at Mossburn we rescue and shelter misused, abused, unwanted and neglected sheep. You can help us to do this by paying to foster a sheep. Just click on the 'Foster Me Please' button for the animal that you would like to foster.
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Sooty meeting Juanita
Sooty
Sooty is a very large and very friendly sheep. When the vet was checking him over we told him Sooty was Suffolk cross. To which the vet replied "Crossed with what? A horse?".
More details about Sooty will be posted soon.
Lala (left) and Nunu
Nunu and Lala
Nunu is a castrated male Suffolk sheep while Lala is a female Cheviot sheep, we are told they were both born in 2001. They arrived here at Mossburn on 9 May 2004, along with two American Buff geese - Nelson and Emma.
These creatures were the much loved pets of a family forced to give up the tenancy of the cottage they rented, who were unable to find other accommodation with land for the animals. We cannot take on all the animals that we are asked to take on here, but when a case is as genuine and desperate as this one was, then we will bend over backwards to help.
Nunu and Lala are friendly sheep who joined in with our small herd without any trouble and took to coming in at nights from day one. The reason our sheep are all stabled at night is because of their goose friends who cannot be left outside because of foxes, but refuse to come in without their mates - and we wonder why sometimes we get called "the funny farm"!!!
Cracker
What else would you call a Jacob ewe except Cracker? Cracker could not breed but her owners did not want to destroy her because she is so friendly towards humans. She is not only friendly but also very inquisitive. Cracker has to know what is going on, where it is going on and why it is going on. Her favourite thing in life is knowing things and sharing the rich tea biscuits and brown bread to which the others are so partial... but she likes digestives as well! We do not know how old Cracker is, but think she is a good bit senior to Tojo.
Henry
... and then there is Henry and as far as Henry is concerned he is a sheep, he has never been in any doubt about it. You might think Henry is a goose, but he would not agree, he is convinced he's a sheep, and he was quite hurt when we sheared the sheep this spring that we did not shear him!
Henry came to us on the 14th of June 2000, with a pony that we had agreed to take in as the owner was moving and could no longer keep livestock. She explained about Henry when we agreed to take the pony and asked if we could take him too if we had sheep here that he could live with. She had no idea why he thinks of himself as a sheep but said that he had always done so and it was impossible to re-home him with the rest of her poultry.
He has never shown the slightest interest in any of our poultry or in our pond though he does like a large basin of water to bathe in. He does not really understand why Tojo does not want to bathe in it too!