Volume 8 Issue 1
Fleecehaven News
‘ P R O M O T I N G H U M A N B E H A V I O U R T O W A R D S A N I M A L S B Y P R O V I D I N G C A R E , P R O T E C T I O N , T R E A T M E N T A N D S E C U R I T Y ’
Summer/Autumn 2014
Newsbleat Firstly, my sincere apologies for this newsletter being so late. There is absolutely no excuse other than the fact that all of the Fleecehaven admin is carried out on a voluntary basis by Jayne, who also has a demanding full time job. Jayne obviously ensures that the production of Adoption packs takes priority, whilst the writing of the newsletter gets squeezed into odd available moments in between. The advantage of this is that, unlike many other charities, Fleecehaven still pays absolutely no salaries; the disadvantage is that sometimes the newsletter runs rather late. Increasingly Anne, Emma and Jayne are finding themselves under growing pressure - running a small, family run charity certainly isn’t for the feint hearted. For Anne and Emma it is a 24 hour a day, 365 day of the year commitment - a true labour of love.
Martha and friends grazing in the lower fields
Thankfully the good weather of early summer continued throughout the remainder of the summer and into the autumn. It was lovely to see the sheep in the fields enjoying a sustained pe-
riod of carefree grazing with the sun warming their backs whilst a gentle breeze kept them suitably cool. If only we could guarantee a summer like that every year! It would certainly make the cold, wet, dark winters more bearable.
Precious, Pickle and Dougal shading themselves under the tree
Throughout the summer, monthly crovecting of the sheep continued to ensure that the flock stayed free of flystike; the last dose being administered in September. Each time, Emma had to initially round the flock up into our race area in front of the red barn. She then covered herself up in thick waterproofs and donned the crovect ‘backpack’ before administering a specific dose to each sheep in three blue stripes, one along their back and one along each flank. The monthly round up also provided an excellent opportunity to give the sheep a quick check-over, trim any overgrown claws and attend to any other minor needs. Once completed, the sheep were released back into the fields sporting their rather fetching blue rinses (see gallery). Continued on Page 3
Inside this Issue: Annual Shed Clearing Newsbleat Summer/Autumn Gallery Welcome to Fleecehaven Fund Raising
2 3, 6, 8 4,5 6 8 Crovect time for Hugo and friends