By Jonathan White
A Wistaston garden centre that has raised thousands of pounds for charity has reopened.
The Rising Sun Nurseries garden centre on Middlewich Road has reopened its premises and charity shop, as Covid-19 pandemic lockdown measures are eased.
RSPCA key workers have responded to 100,000 incidents during lockdown – including more than 2,000 in Cheshire.
The animal welfare charity’s frontline officers, animal carers and vets have rescued, treated and cared for animals in need since the country went into lockdown on March 23.
The Stapeley Grange RSPCA wildlife centre and cattery in Nantwich is hosting an online quiz night to raise funds during the unprecedented Covid-19 lockdown.
Stapeley Grange, on London Road, usually holds a big summer fair every summer, which often raises thousands of pounds.
The RSPCA is urging people to be cautious buying puppies after a spike in reports about sick dogs in Cheshire East.
The charity and Cheshire East Council have had 10 incidents reported since the beginning of the year.
RSPCA were called about more than 407 equine incidents in Cheshire last year, sparking fears that more sick horses will be dumped during the current pandemic.
The charity is warning a financial recession could plunge the country into a second equine crisis which has already led to thousands of dumped and dying horses and crippled welfare charities.
The RSPCA dealt with 2,691 wildlife incidents in Cheshire last year – with 325 involving hedgehogs.
Now RSPCA Stapeley in Nantwich is bracing itself for a surge in calls as the breeding season starts.
Big-hearted RSPCA inspectors have teamed up with Morrisons depot to deliver dog food to South Cheshire pet owners self-isolating in lockdown.
RSPCA Stapeley Grange Cattery in Nantwich is caring for its first kitten of 2020 after five-week-old Inky was rescued by the charity.
She was rescued by an RSPCA inspector on April 6 and is now being fostered by Stapeley Grange manager Lee Stewart.
A swan that was bleeding from the nose after being shot in the neck has released back to the wild after treatment at RSPCA Stapeley in Nantwich.
The RSPCA has launched an emergency appeal to help keep Stapeley Grange centre in Nantwich and others saving animals during the Coronavirus pandemic crisis.
Animal rescuers at the charity are key workers but vital funding is needed to keep them out on the road rescuing animals from cruelty and neglect.
RSPCA staff and volunteers in South Cheshire have reassured animal lovers that it is continuing to rescue and rehome animals despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Dear editor,
We all know by now that fast fashion is bad for the environment as well as our wallets so the RSPCA is encouraging people to shop second hand to save the planet, help us rescue more animals and save some pennies this January.
Stapeley RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich has had a record year in hedgehog admissions, with more than 897 being treated at the centre in 2019.
Stapeley Grange on London Road has seen a 47% increase in the number of hedgehogs at the London Road centre since last year.
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