Pete

Pete was found last night (23/11/19) on the side of the road in the Tasmania countryside, hunched over and helpless. He was in an area where there were no other goats so had most likely been dumped. When the kind lady who saw him stopped and took a closer look she discovered he had a broken rear right leg, most likely the reason for him being dumped.

Pete was wearing a collar that was also extremely tight.

Pete came to us and we got him straight to the after hours vet where x-rays revealed the leg was broken and he underwent surgery to re-set the leg and have it cast and bandaged.

The vet bill will be costly as it was all performed after 8pm on a Saturday night.

Pete will need some extra attention in the next few weeks with pain relief, bandage management and controlled excercise.

We are hoping to get many sponsors for Pete and accordingly his sponsorship price is $50.00 for the first year.

Sponsored by:

Vivienne McNally – expires 24/11/2020.

Janet Smith – expires 24/11/2020.

Kim Hibble – expires 24/11/2020.

High Voltage Engineering – expires 24/11/2020.

Catherine Baker – expires 24/11/2020.

Jacqueline Baxter – expires 24/11/2020.

Roxanne Ellis – expires 25/11/2020.

Helen Mera – expires 25/11/2020.

Grace Mulholland – expires 25/11/2020.

Louise Thrush – expires 26/11/2020.

Lauren Dean – expires 26/11/2020.

Naomi Mikic – expires 27/11/2020.

Courtney Northeast – expires 05/12/2020.

Honey Wu – expires 11/12/2020.

Belinda Oppenheimer – expires 14/12/2020.

Megan Schultz – expires 15/12/2020.

Deb Robinson – expires 23/12/2020.

Lynette Holmes – expires 25/12/2020.

Cafe Romero – expires 02/01/2021.

Adam

Adam the goat arrived at Big Ears on the 19th October 2018. He had been dumped in the bush down a forestry track in north west Tasmania. His kind rescuer called him Adam and contacted us for his relocation.

Sponsorship of Adam is $100.00 per year which will go towards his health checks, nail trims and regular worming.

Sponsored by:

Chrissie Heyn – expires 25/10/2019.

Strive Chiropractic – expires 30/10/2019.

Dale Heather – expires 05/11/2019.

Quincy and George

The two goats, Quincy (black) and George (brown) arrived at Big Ears on the 23rd October 2017. They were surrendered by an older lady who was selling up her country acreage and moving into the city as she was no longer able to look after her property and animals. She had named the goats after jazz musicians but so far we haven’t heard any musical notes emanating from them except baiaiaiaiaiah. They seem to be the best of friends.

Sponsorship of these two is $200.00 per year and goes towards their vet checks, vaccinations, hoof trims and parasite control.

Sponsored by:

Lisa Trotter – expires 20/12/2019.

Albert

Albert has called Big Ears home since 2016.  He needed to be rehomed as he was a ‘rig’ which meant although de-sexed a testicle was missed meaning he is able to impregnate female goats.  The people who had him could not afford to have him de-sexed surgically so he came here where he lives with Scallywag.

Sponsorship of Albert is $100.00 per year which goes towards his vet check, vaccinations and parasite control.

Sponsored by:

Heather Elphick – expires 07/05/2020.

Belinda McDowell – expires 19/06/2020.

Gerald

Gerald came to the sanctuary in March 2015. He had been lovingly hand reared after having a broken leg as a kid. His owner was unable to keep Gerald as she lived in suburbia and was moving interstate.

Gerald is a cuddly goat that loves pats and will bleat for attention. He loves living in the Big Ears goat herd and is often seen hanging around with new goat Adam.

Sponsorship of Gerald is $100.00 per year that goes towards his vet check, vaccinations and parasite control.

Sponsored by:

Kirsty George – expires 09/06/2020.

Julia Agostino – expires 30/06/2020.

Carly Wines – expires 30/06/2020.

Melissa Thomas – expires 23/07/2020.

Dougal

Dougal was born at the Sanctuary on the 9th October 2016 with his brother Dexter. Their mother Shandi had been rescued by the Sanctuary two months prior due to a chronic footrot condition. It was unknown that Shandi was pregnant so it was a total surprise to Big Ears volunteers when Dexter and Dougal arrived,

Both are happy goats that are always up to mischief and love playing ‘king of the castle’.

Sponsorship of Dougal is $100.00 and goes towards his vet check, de-sex, parasite control and vaccinations.

Sponsored by:

Bethany White – 16/04/2020.