Rescue charity in appeal

MADAM,

I AM writing to you as one of the founder members of both My Lovely Horse Rescue (MLHR) and My Lovely Pig Rescue (MLPR), both in Kildare. We are looking for advice and help!

Our pig numbers have grown rapidly and we now have 60 pigs on our farm, mainly rescued from people who took them in as pets and were then unable to manage them. As your readers will know, they eat a lot!

We have been looking for two things: rodent and moisture proof 1+ tonne feed containers, or small silos so that we can buy in feed wholesale. We are more than happy with second-hand ones, in case anyone has a spare one in their yard?!

Like everyone, we have been badly hit by Covid as a lot of our funding comes from street bucket collections. These have not been possible since March, so we are really struggling.

Secondly, we are looking for a supplier who can provide us with pre-mixed feed to our specs (based on the nutritional advice given to us by UCD Veterinary School). At the moment we make our mix with 25 kgs bags of three different feedstuffs, and this is so expensive! We are wondering if there is a supplier in the Midlands who could help us with premix in proper volumes?

If any of your readers can help, we would so welcome it. We can be contacted via our Facebook page below or via email at it is info@mlhr.ie

Thank you so much.

Yours etc,

Cathy Davey

MLHR and MLPR

Co Kildare