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Wetheriggs Animal Rescue (previously called Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary) is a registered UK charity. [1] Wetheriggs is an international animal rescue centre now located on the A66 just outside Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. The rescue centre takes in a wide range of animals apart from domestic cats and dogs.
Wetheral is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in Cumbria, England. At the 2001 census, the population of the Wetheral Ward was 4,039, [1] The civil parish of Wetheral is slightly larger, with a population of 5,203. [2] being counted as 4,541 at the 2011 Census for both Parish and Ward. [3]
With farm animals, I saw there was a need.” “Emotionally, I couldn’t rescue dogs and cats again. 'They need humans': Here's why a RI woman operates an animal sanctuary for farm animals
The refuge consists of almost 107,000 acres (430 km 2) of forested wetlands, [22] including the 3,100-acre (13 km 2) Lake Drummond at its center. The refuge's resource management programs aim to restore and maintain the natural biodiversity that once existed in the swamp, including its water resources, native vegetation communities, and ...
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,125-acre (37 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge made up of several parcels of land along 50 miles (80 km) of Maine's southern coast. Created in 1966, it is named for environmentalist and author Rachel Carson , whose book Silent Spring raised public awareness of the effects of DDT on migratory ...
Shiawassee Refuge is also responsible for managing a portion of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge within Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay, including Thunder Bay, Scarecrow, and the Charity Islands. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is also under its management, until a permanent staff is hired. The refuge also administers ...
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Snake River Plain in south-central Idaho, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Rupert. It includes about 80 miles (130 km) of shoreline around Lake Walcott , from Minidoka Dam upstream about 25 miles (40 km).
The remaining one-quarter of the Research Area is distributed among the largest four remaining islands of northern Lake Michigan. The Research Area cooperates with a federal unit, the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge , which controls a separate set of four much smaller islands within the same archipelago.