Internal Doors visit Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary

Injured baby sparrow We were overdue a visit to the charity we are supporting at Internal Doors, the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary. Our Marketing Manager Jade once again had a surprise visit from an injured bird, this time an injured baby sparrow was found in a carpark and kindly brought round to her by her neighbour. Jade gave Geoff from the wildlife sanctuary a call and he advised that she needed to feed the bird every half an hour, so after a long night looking after the sweet little sparrow. Jade made her way to the wildlife sanctuary in the morning. It was a busy day at the Wildlife sanctuary, they had a surprise visit from around 30 school children all wanting to take photos of the wide variety of animals they care for. The owner Geoff was particularly tired, having been awake since 4am tending to an emergency call. This is a regular occurrence here, the sanctuary is open 24 hours a day to help sick or injured animals.

The sanctuary are on call 24 hours a day Geoff was not going to have a rest any time soon though, he regularly visits schools and does talks to the children about caring for wildlife, he was due at a talk that afternoon. After the talk he had to accompany the police to a park where children had been caught kicking a wild swan, the police were going to try and catch them in the act and arrest them, Geoff was going along to tend to the poor animal. Unfortunately days like this are a regular occurrence meaning Geoff and his team of volunteers are stretched to the very limit in terms of time and resources.

Beautiful rescued Cygnet A high number of emergency calls make it difficult for Geoff to schedule talks with schools and other establishments which are a vital source of funding for the sanctuary. They run entirely on donations and it is only the community support that will enable them to continue with their plight to save local wildlife. It costs on average £360 per week to keep the sanctuary open, and a further £120 per week on food and bedding for the animals in their care.

Donations and support are of course always welcome and the sanctuary has a number of ways for people to help:

Geoff giving 'Raven' the fox a well deserved belly rub!

• Amazon Wishlist

• PayPal Donation

• eBay Shop

• A cheque made payable to ‘Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary’

• In person at the Nuneaton & Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, 78 Oaston Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6LA

• If you live local, why not volunteer to help out yourself?

You can find out more about the sanctuary at www.nuneatonwildlife.co.uk Once again thank you to the entire team at the sanctuary and we will see you all again soon!