“Britain's first gay surrogate [ Barrie Drewitt-Barlow] parent has been charged with rape and human trafficking. Surrogacy enables sex offenders to obtain children.”

‘Promoting them in children’s books is not a neutral act.’ Julia Williams believes that safeguarding concerns have reached an ‘alarming’ level in some children’s gender-ideology books and calls for a rethink of storytelling rather than social activism.

‘Promoting them in children’s books is not a neutral act.’ Julia Williams believes that safeguarding concerns have reached an ‘alarming’ level in some children’s gender-ideology books and calls for a rethink of storytelling rather than social activism.

🐶PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – ZELDA IS NOT A GREENACRES RESCUE DOG🐶 🔁We're sharing Zelda on behalf of Paws United UK. We are working together to help find her a loving forever home. She is currently on foster in South Wales🔁 Meet Zelda, a large 3 year old brindle crossbreed who is a happy girl & full of personality ✅️🐶Currently living in foster with other dogs 🐶Goofy, playful, kind & loyal, Zelda brings so much joy to those around her 🐶She loves her walks & would happily climb a mountain but she is just as content curling up on the sofa with her human for a cuddle 🏡A home with experience of large dogs would be ideal to give this special girl the home she truly deserves 🐾Zelda is currently under the care of Paws United UK. However, we are happy to accept expressions of interest & will pass them on for review🐾 If you would like to register your interest in Zelda, please complete our generic application form via the link below👇 greenacresrescue.org.uk/find… 🏡Let’s work together to find Zelda her perfect forever home🏡 #teamgreenacres #rescue #k9hour #rehomehour #teamzay

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Very sad to see my colleague Lauren Edwards MP bringing the deeply flawed and unsafe Assisted Dying Bill back as a PMB. If it was safe and brilliant why did the Lords sponsor of the bill bring 77 amendments in the Lords? It cannot just be brought back as it is and forced through.

This post is mainly to help other rescues, but I know a lot of you will be interested as well. This sweet boy is Merlin. Merlin self admitted, but aside from his scabby nose from a bit of ringworm, he appeared fine. But I knew by his behaviour that he was sick. Healthy hedgehogs don't self admit to a hospital pen. Especially boys at this time of year - they are out chasing girls.🥰 I tested his poo in the lodge, where he booked himself into an open pen, and it was clear. I admitted him into hospital where he stayed overnight and left me 6 lovely poo samples. Every single one was clear. And yet his behaviour, his aggitation, the way he dug the corners of the pen, even his smell, told me through years of experience that he was sick. So I started treatment anyway. And as his condition improved, as he became hydrated and nourished, and the first antiparasitic administered, just like magic the confirmation appeared! A diagnosis needs to be made on observed behaviour and history (either your own or of the finders); the poo sample is *confirmation of the diagnosis*. So a hedgehog making unhealthy breathing sounds but producing clear poo samples is still unhealthy. You can't always rely on a sick hedgehog to produce parasite larvae or eggs in their poo sample, for several reasons, but the main reason is: Parasites, like all living organisms, have to preserve energy in order to stay alive and thrive. So when they find themselves in a hostile environment - a host who has become starving and dehydrated - they reduce their energy expenditure by temporarily shutting down systems that are not neccessary for life, like reproduction. They stop laying eggs and go into a sort of stasis, until conditions become welcoming again. Also of course, parasites don't constantly churn out eggs. They have a reproduction cycle. So not every sample will contain eggs. It's so frustrating when people contact me saying they have been sent home with a hedgehog who is clearly in audible respiratory distress, because the poo sample the rescue took was clear. As for sweet Merlin - at first it was a trickle; his poo showed just a few parasites, so microscope samples had to be very carefully scrutinised. But very quickly it became apparent that this poor boy was in fact full of deadly fluke, lungworm, and roundworm. He's only on day 3 of his treatment, so is still very sick, but clever Merlin got himself the help he needed just in time.