Autumn Newsletter 2009 - Redwings

Visiting Redwings11There’sstill timeto visit...Not only do we have three Visitor Centres where youcan come meet some of our rescued residents,but we are delighted to announce that allthree are now Visitor Attraction QualityAssurance Service (VAQAS) approved afterour Ada Cole centre received its accreditationearlier this year, a fantastic achievement forour Visitor Centre teams! Best of all, entry to all ourcentres is completely free of charge!Ada Cole RescueCentre, EssexBadger touches our heartsTiny Badger (left) recently arrivedat Ada Cole and has alreadystolen our hearts. He is a verycute Miniature Shetland who hada terrible time when he was hitby a van on a motorway and wasthen abandoned at the local vets by his owners. Thevets approached us to offer Badger a permanent homeonce he had recovered from his injuries and we wereonly too happy to help.This centre is home to more than 60 rescued horses,ponies, donkeys and mules including adoption favouritesFinnegan the cob and Boo the Arab. As well as thepopular gift shop, we are now serving teas, coffees, lightsnacks and cakes to help fuel you on your visit, and don’tforget, the centre is open all year round!Caldecott VisitorCentre, NorfolkOliver’s Twist!Poor little Oliver Twist (left) gaveus a scare in May when he camedown with a very serious attackof colic and had to be rushed toHapton for emergency treatment.Although colic usually has a clear cause such as ablockage in the digestive system, our vets weremomentarily flummoxed, as there was no obvious causefor Oliver’s discomfort. They clearly did something rightthough as he made a full recovery and has returned toCaldecott full of beans. It reminded us yet again justhow lucky we are to have our own vet team as not onlywould it have cost us several thousand pounds at aprivate vets’ practice, but we were able to operatealmost straight away, which certainly played a major partin his fantastic recovery.Our Caldecott centre is open until 1st November. Thereis an information centre, café and gift shop on site andyou can meet brand new adoption Shire Prince (seepage 16) as well as more than 70 rescued residentsincluding lovely Oliver Twist who is now all fixed!Oxhill Rescue Centre, WarwickshireNew arrivals galore!Special Oxhill resident charactersSnuffles, the pony with the twistedface (right), and Oliver the cobwho featured in a recent appealhave now been joined by newarrivals Bubbles, a beautiful foalborn to mum Cracker (picturedabove) who recently arrived fromthe RSPCA and cute pony Little My, rescued with hercompanions Mymble and Miffle after their owner wasbanned from keeping horses (They are named aftercharacters in children’s books “The Moomins”!) .Cracker and BubblesThere are 60 rescued horses, ponies and donkeys at thesite, which has an information centre, café and gift shopand is open all year round. It is home to our belovedadoption residents Will, Wensley, Dylan and Felicity.