Bucks Free Press | Pet Headlines

Stokenchurch Dog Rescue Centre rehomes 17 dogs

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:57:18 +0000

STAFF at a Bucks dog rescue centre managed to rehome 17 dogs in the last four weeks alone.

Distressed resident offers £500 reward to catch ‘yobs’ who shot ducks

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:09:01 +0000

TWO Aylesbury ducks were shot dead on an icy pond after being used as “illegal target practice”, the RSPCA said yesterday.

Homeless dogs could be put down

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:56:38 +0000

A CHARITY which helps re-home dogs has said pets could be put down if they are unable to find a new owner for them.

Missing falcon found dead

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:05:44 +0000

A SEVEN-month old falcon which went missing before Christmas has been found dead in St Albans, around 25 miles away from the landfill site where it was used to fend off feathered pests.

Breath of life

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:00:24 +0000

THIS is the dramatic moment firemen saved a stricken cat by giving it oxygen after pulling it from a burning house.

Iggy pops off to new reptile home

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:44:20 +0000

A NEW home has been found for an iguana that was left behind at a High Wycombe petrol station last week.

Mystery of the missing cats in High Wycombe

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:00:13 +0000

THE mystery of High Wycombe’s disappearing cats grew this week after Midweek received yet more calls from worried pet owners.

Firefighters moo-ve in to rescue cow in river

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:00:09 +0100

A COW had to be rescued from the River Thames at Marlow after wandering in from a nearby field.

Houdini tortoise’s 35-day escapade

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:43:22 +0100

A TEARAWAY tortoise that escaped from its owners for five weeks did not get far on its slow-paced adventure, after it was discovered just 300 yards from home.

People came just to see Stevie

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:35:59 +0100

A POPULAR little white donkey who won the hearts of visitors at the Speen-based Home of Rest for Horses has died.

Tiny Toto is third generation on the farm

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:25:00 +0100

A VETERAN resident at Odds Farm Park became a proud grandmother this month when the latest addition to her herd was born.

First lambs of spring at Ham farm

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:29:00 +0000

THE early Easter weekend coincided with the birth of the first lambs of Spring at Ham Farm.

Goldfish for sale

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:57:00 +0000

A CANCER sufferer, who is selling his huge stock of ornamental fish, plans to donate the money raised to a charity for the disease.

The cats who can’t bear to be apart

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:10:00 +0000

A CAT rescue centre is looking for somebody to take in two abandoned cats that cannot bear to be separated from one another.

Gerbils and rabbits dumped

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:26:00 +0000

CONCERNS over animal cruelty in Bucks were on the rise again after the shocking discovery of 17 abandoned pets in the first week of the new year.