We were made aware that on Long Lane there were tiny ducklings on the road after their mother was tragically killed. We went to the location thanks to a message via facebook and found the poor mum in the grass alongside the road. Thinking they would be near the mum we pushed through bushes but…

We had a surprising call today at our office about a goose loose at Shoe Zone on the High Street in Newport! This poor bird had hit the buildings and caring staff had looked after the goose in the shop until we arrived. Even though we took a net we didn’t need to use it…

26 JUNE 2026 We were called out this morning to a terrible scene of a seagull caught in barbed wire. Some family members of Vicky one of our volunteers at Friends of the Animals 17a river way Newport looked up across the road while in a cafe to see the poor gull alive and dangling…

There is no such thing as an average day at Friends of the Animals! At 5pm our rescues continued after a call about mum and duckling attempting to cross the busy Horsebridge Hill Road in Newport. After over an hour we managed to secure the ducklings with the help of some nice local neighbours who…

What began yesterday morning ended just a few hours ago with the successful rescue of a fox cub trapped deep inside a drain – pictured below. We were called after homeowners traced what they thought was a barking dog to an outside drain. The sound had been heard for three days, and when we arrived,…