IN THE NEWS
On this page you'll find all the latest news about the Animal Sanctuary, Wilmslow.
Horses’ plight melts firefighters hearts
(8th January 2009)
The horses at Wilmslow’s Humane Education Society really did have long faces on New Year’s eve when water pipes froze. (Read the full story...)
Little donkeys touch shoppers' hearts
(29th December 2008)
It's been a Lucky collection time for the Humane Education Society and it's guaranteed to be Snowy this Christmas. (Read the full story...)
Good send-off for retiring Rocket
(22nd October 2008)
Rocket the donkey has been fundraising for, err, donkey’s years and has finally decided to sit his ass down and retire. (Read the full story...)
Credit crunch to blame?
(20th August 2008) Cats and kittens are being abandoned at the gate of the Wilmslow Animal Sanctuary leaving the Sanctuary at crisis point. (Read the full story...)
Soaring costs may force ‘heat or eat’ choices
(13th August 2008) Rising energy costs are forcing some Wilmslow pensioners to make a choice this winter - heat or eat. (Read the full story...)
New food bin is the cat’s whiskers
(31st July 2008) The Humane Education Society has just made it easy for shoppers to donate food to their wonderful animals by installing a pet food bin by the checkouts in Sainsbury’s. And if the reaction is anything to go by it’s feeding time for both the humans and the animals. (Read the full story...)
A berry good idea
(30th July 2008) Most siblings home alone will watch TV, play computer games or fight. But when Scarlett Shaw, ten, and Rowan Shaw, seven, found themselves minus parents the pair blew a big raspberry at convention and decided to start their own juice business – for charity. (Read the full story...)
Employees dig deep to help animal sanctuary
(2nd July 2008) The Wilmslow animal sanctuary has been given a helping hand and a boost to its funds. Employees from John Lewis dug in to help the Humane Education Society Animal Sanctuary in Newgate, when they spent the day helping clear the gardens and lay turf. (Read the full story...)
Heroes who go the extra mile
(5th June 2008) Mr Selwyn Demmy, who has supported the Sanctuary for many years, has just won a Manchester Heroes Award. (Read the full story...)
Unlikely friendship isn't hogwash!
(4th June 2008) Stop horsing around you swine and porker up for a kiss. Sounding as unlikely as pigs flying, Erica, the Vietnamese pot bellied oinker has fallen head-over-trotters in love with Molly the miniature horse. (Read the full story...)
Fat cat Jack is celebrating Pet Idol with a diet
(14th May 2008) Fat rescue cat Jack is the winner of Pet Idol and he’s celebrating by attending animal weight watchers and cries when he can’t exercise. (Read the full story...)
Jack's the champ
(7th May 2008) Forget the local elections, the only ballot worth its salt last week was the ultimate in animal competition, better than Crufts, more electrifying than the Grand National it’s the one, the only...Pet Idol. (Read the full story...)
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