OK, I’m back again, well nearly… I have the most severe ‘man flu’ – i.e. a slight cold! – I’m bunged up and feeling lousy. On top of which I’ve done absolutely nothing about Christmas – no cards, no prezzies.. zilch. Methinks I won’t be too popular with some come the yuletide morn! I reckon I can just about get away with not sending any cards by pointing out that it’s the environmentally responsible thing to do – but justifying the absence of presents to my nearest and dearest might just need a little more imagination!

Fancy raising money for Wildlife Aid, getting fit and experiencing the picturesque South Downs on foot?  Now’s your chance with fantastic charity fundraiser JustWalk.  The beauty of this event is that you can choose the distance that you walk, and after your entry fee, all the money raised goes straight to Wildlife Aid.

 If you have a comment to make about the following Blog, or any article on the Wildlife Aid website, please visit our forums where you will find many like-minded people to discuss the issues with.

What a week! The ‘credit crunch’ has morphed into the ‘global economic crisis’ and the government has waved its magic wand and conjured up five hundred billion pounds to bail out the banks. Europe-wide the sums involved run into the trillions. If this isn’t ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ I don’t know what is.

Have a look at our Wish List for some of the items that we need to keep things ticking along smoothly at the centre.  If you can help by donating any items then please use the Contact Us form to let us know.  Thank you.....

‘Wildlife SOS’ is back!!  Catch it every weekday night at 8.30pm on Animal Planet from Monday 15th September.

The new series is packed with exciting, heart wrenching, brand new wildlife rescues and sees Simon and the crew continue their globe trotting travels. A return to South Africa sees the team nervously await the results of some Tuberculosis tests - the outcome of which will decide the fate of two lion cubs, rescued from the canned hunting industry. 

As well as many nail biting UK rescues, that even Sara cannot bear to watch, Simon jets off to the sunshine state of Florida to wrestle with alligators, swim with Manatees and stand face to face with a rather large black bear....

Visit the Wildlife Aid shop to see our new range of clothing and other Wildlife Aid goodies.  Starting at just 99p, there is plenty to choose from for all the family.

The full range is also available to see in our latest newsletter to Wildlife Aid members, which should be with you very shortly.

We have a number of hedgehogs that we have raised this year who need good and caring homes.  Many are youngsters from the second litter of the year, and will be with us for a few more weeks until they reach adult weight. 

If you are interested in giving a home to one of our hedgehogs please drop us an an email using the 'Contact Us' link at the top of the page, and we will be in touch.

Following the article in this weekend's Daily Mail we have received a good many enquiries, so please bear with us while we work through them!!

When a large stables at Effingham decided to move their muck heap at the end of July, they expected a few ‘nasty’ surprises. However, they still got more than they bargained for when they unearthed a nest of around 60 leathery, white eggs. Thinking they were probably snake eggs being incubated in the heat of the rotting manure, but not knowing which species, they did exactly the right thing: left the eggs alone and called Wildlife Aid to ask for advice.

Press Release 25th June 2008

Wildlife Aid’s Open Day on Sunday 15th June was their best to date.  Raising in excess of £22,000 for the charity’s much needed core funding the day was on overwhelming success with wonderful weather and record attendance.

Over 3000 people came along to the charity’s annual event, which allows wildlife supporters from all over the world to see the work that goes on behind the scenes of the centre’s TV series ‘Wildlife SOS’, and to meet the presenters of the show Simon Cowell and Sara Cowen. 

We often have live video streams of our orphans and patients. These are viewed using Windows media player. For mac users there are players such as Windows Media player for Mac and Flip4Mac which will work in Safari or Firefox.