Brandy [left] and Barney [right] installed on the pussy shelf in my study. They have been here three or four weeks, having been incarcerated at the RSPCA rescue centre for 6 months [since they were 4 weeks old] because there was a case pending and they had not been signed over to RSPCA.

They couldn't believe their eyes when they found there was a whole house to play in.

Barney is the least brave of the two and spent a few days hissing at the dogs from his vantage point on my desk.

This was Barney hiding from the hoover.

And Brandy the other side of the computer. They have since become quite blazé about the hoover. Also about dogs, although Brandy, who was too cheeky for hisa own good, did try to put his face in Teifi's dinner and Teifi bit him. He is a little more careful now but by no means intimidated.

This is Badger, the sheep with attitude. He was raised on a bottle by my friend's 4 year old daughter, who until he grew too heavy carried him around in her arms. He was such a menace on the farm when he grew up that the butcher was looming. Llinos cried, "He can't. He's my friend", so a compromise was reached and he lives with me. However, he is currently living with some cows until such time as Oli can come and fence the top of my woods to keep him in. In the picture he is considering how to get into the front garden.

 

 

 

 

 

The above appeared in our local paper, The Cambrian News, about 6 or 7 years ago when a certain Mary Chipperfield of the circus of that name was prosecuted for cruelty to a chimpanzee. My friend who bears the same name but is not related and was for many years chairperson of our local RSPCA was sufficiently aroused to disclaim her namesake. The dogs in the picture still live with Mary and her friends Bronwen and Pam. Bess is now 14 and some of you may have seen her elsewhere on these pages.

If anyone seeing this and living locally would like to join us in the Meirionnydd branch, we'd be delighted to welcome you. Help is always needed.

e-mail me or phone and I'll send you a form.

 

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