Welcome to LittleHill Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

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HEN RESCUES 2019

UPDATE – AUGUST 2019

We have three separate rescues coming up between mid-September and mid-November.  We will have hundreds of egg-laying hens, just over a year old, looking for new homes.  Further details to follow. 

 Please Private Message us on Facebook for further details and to reserve hens.  

February – And so it begins! The first batch of rescued hens of 2019 are being released in early March. We need to find homes for all of these girls, or they will be slaughtered – they are only just over one year old. Sadly, this is the reality of commercial egg-farming of all types – organic, free-range or caged.  Please give a hen (or a few) a home!  All details of our upcoming rescue are on our Facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/littlehillanimalrescue/

We have lots of ex-commercial hens in foster in Kildare and Kilkenny, and would love to see them in their own new homes. If you would like to adopt a couple of hens, (you don’t need a huge space, just a warm, dry bed, protected from foxes, mink and dogs) please contact us either by email or on our Facebook page.  An adopt fee applies.  

These little hens have lived in tiny cages for all of their lives (15 months or s0), and would just love the chance to walk on grass, dustbathe, sunbathe and scratch around like a hen should!

We will be travelling to all corners of the country with hens, so please keep an eye on Facebook for details!

Please Note: We are unable to offer work experience placements to Transition Year students, due to the terms of  our insurance policy. All volunteers must be over 18, fundraising volunteers must be over 16.

LONG TERM  LIVE-IN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Do you want to help animals? Do you have a few weeks to spare? 

Opportunity for long-term resident volunteers!  Please email us for more details! littlehill.animalsanctuary@gmail.com or apply through HelpX or Workaway.

Please check our Facebook page for the latest dogs and cats available for adoption.

These little hens deserve the chance to live their lives as nature intended. Enjoying fresh air and sunshine, being able to spread their wings and dustbathe.  They are only 15 months old, and have spent their lives in tiny, cramped cages. They will be shovelled into a truck and slaughtered if we can’t find homes for every single one of them. And we will NOT let that happen.

GOATS! Available at various times from dairy farms.

We have just successfully rehomed almost 40 male kid goats, rejects from the goat dairy industry. They are usually just slaughtered at a few days old, but we took them and lots of wonderful people have adopted them. They need bottle feeding, just like a human baby, for some weeks, and after being neutered, will make wonderful pets.

We will post details on our Facebook page when the farms contact us. We do not have goats for rehoming at Littlehill.

We wish to state that we no longer act as hosts for Wwoof Ireland. Applications for internships may now be made directly to Littlehill’s email. See our Volunteer page for details.

Hens, hens, hens! 

 Even if you’ve never kept hens before, please consider taking a few to provide your family with cruelty free eggs, and you get fabulous pets into the bargain. (Some eggs sold as free-range in Irish supermarkets are, in fact, laid by caged hens, so the only guarantee that the eggs used by you and your family is to have your own hens!) We will provide you with guidelines for what is involved in keeping hens. Two or three hens can live quite happily in suburban back gardens!

Please keep checking our Facebook page for daily updates.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/LittleHill-Animal-Rescue-Sanctuary/201575106530501
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 ADOPT SOME HENS!

Based in Kildare, Littlehill Rescue and Sanctuary undertakes to rescue and re-home abandoned, abused and neglected dogs, cats and horses. The odd turkey, duck, and pigeon has also been rehabilitated at various stages of its existence! Recently, several hundred ex-battery hens have been rescued, rehabilitated and re-homed. This charity is funded entirely by donations, and by the resources of its founder, Susan Anderson, who has worked tirelessly for the past 20+ years to make the world a better place for animals.

ALERT!

We have received numerous reports of dogs being stolen from houses and gardens – these dogs are often taken by unscrupulous people who use them as bait to blood fighting dogs, or for breeding.  Make sure your dog is microchipped and wears an ID tag, stating he/she is neutered/spayed. Please be vigilant and make sure to keep your dogs secure at all times.

In 2013 we rescued over 7,000 young battery hens from slaughter, and rehomed them all around Ireland.  In 2014, we rescued almost 8,000 hens, which were due to be slaughtered at only 16 months old.  To date, we have rescued and rehomed more than 40,000 hens!

Please contact us by email (littlehill.animalsanctuary@gmail.com) or on Facebook if you’d like to give these girls, who have spent the 15 months  of their existence locked in tiny cages, a chance to live in freedom, to dust bathe, sun bathe, spread their wings, and just be clucking, content, happy hens. Most have already found their forever homes, but we still have some who are waiting for their new families!

November 2014 UPDATE

We are delighted that the fabulous Pauline Mclynn has agreed to become Patron of Littlehill!  Already, Pauline is spreading the word on TV and elsewhere about the work we do at Littlehill, and is busy knitting sweaters for the hens from the rescue, which takes place at the end of the month.

 

Follow Peggy’s progress on our Facebook page

PEGGY HAS HAD TWO SURGERIES TO CORRECT HER DEFECTIVE JOINTS, AND IS NOW ALMOST AS GOOD AS NEW.  SHE CAN NOW RUN AND PLAY, LIKE ANY YOUNG DOG.  HOWEVER, SHE WILL BE ON MEDICATION FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE, TO COMBAT THE ARTHRITIS THAT SET IN BEFORE WE TOOK HER FROM THE POUND WHERE SHE WAS DUE TO BE PUT TO SLEEP.

THANKS TO ALL WHO DONATED TO THE PEGGY’S LEG APPEAL.

ADOPTING FROM LITLEHILL

If you can offer one of our dogs, cats, hens, ponies etc. a loving home, please read our rehoming policy on our adoptions page.

PLEASE NOTE:  WE DO NOT OFFER A RE-HOMING SERVICE FOR UNWANTED ANIMALS.  OUR ADOPTABLE DOGS AND CATS HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM POUNDS AND OTHER HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS.

NEWSFLASH!

We have been asked where people can donate to help with the care of all our rescues. We really appreciate your generosity and so here are some ways. If you would like to help with our vet bills you can contact Troytown Equine Hospital on (045)521686 or Cottage Veterinary Clinic on (045)434848 and donate by debit/credit card or cheque. You can also donate through our fundraising page on Sponsor.ie or email us for Littlehill bank account details. If you would like to donate a bag of dog food you can contact Husse Ireland on 1800750750 and let them know it’s for us. Finally but most importantly of all, THANK YOU to those of you who have donated in the past or would like to donate now. We hope you know that your kindness has made the lives of our rescues profoundly better.

Littlehill on tour!
We depend on the generosity of the public for all of our income. We receive no government funding, and without the help and generosity of our supporters and fosterers, we would not be able to continue our work in rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming neglected and unwanted animals.

We were granted permits for a few days to fundraise in Dublin, and thanks to the overwhelming generosity of you, the animal lovers who support us, we will be able to clear some of our huge feed, hay and vet bills. We also owe a huge debt of gratitude to those fantastic people who foster animals for us, while we find homes for them, mainly through social media. All of our rescued animals are neutered, microchipped, wormed and vaccinated before being re-homed.

Thank you for your generosity!