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Cornwall Animal Welfare Charity 1206669

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Helping to support small independent animal rescues, throughout the Duchy of Cornwall.

03/11/2026

03/11/2026

03/11/2026

🍂 To a hedgehog, a bonfire pile is the perfect place to nest. It's sheltered and somewhere they can feel safe.

But what happens when that pile is set alight?

Hedgehogs don't run from danger. Their instinct is to curl tightly into a ball and stay still. They don't flee from the flames, leaving them at risk of horrific burns and, just as importantly, breathing in toxic fumes which can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.

I've personally had to deal with both burnt hedgehogs and hedgehogs who have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. It's heartbreaking and completely avoidable.

🙏 Please, build bonfires on the day wherever possible. If you've already built one, move the entire pile before lighting and check deep inside. Never assume it's empty.

I'm kindly asking you to spread the word to friends, family, neighbours and event organisers. The more people who understand this danger, the more hedgehogs we can protect.

Our hedgehogs are already struggling enough. Let's not make their struggles even worse.

A simple check will be the difference between life and death. 🦔💔

03/11/2026

29/10/2026

A knitted Spitfire and thousands of handmade poppies now hang in the Market Hall at Market Harborough, made by Craft-I-Trims and their customers and put up with the help of the market traders and staff.

The finished display is up alongside the Poppy Appeal stand. A tremendous effort by everyone involved!

Photos credit: Harborough Indoor Market & Craft I Trims

25/10/2026

💜 FOR THE HOOVES THAT NEVER CAME HOME — REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN ANIMALS OF WAR.

Somewhere, a stable stood empty.

A familiar field was left without the sound of hoofbeats. A farmer waited for a horse that would never return. A family remembered the gentle animal that had once been part of their everyday lives.

For millions of horses, mules and donkeys taken into military service, the journey to war was a journey from which many would never come home.

During the First World War, these extraordinary animals became essential to military operations.

They pulled heavy artillery through deep mud, carried am******on and supplies across devastated landscapes, transported wounded soldiers and endured unimaginable hardship.

They faced freezing temperatures, hunger, exhaustion, disease and the constant terror of shellfire.

Many died on the battlefields. Others collapsed from exhaustion or suffered wounds from which they could not recover.

And when the fighting finally stopped, countless surviving animals never returned to the homes they had once known.

They had no understanding of the conflicts surrounding them. They knew nothing of politics, borders or the reasons nations had gone to war.

They simply trusted the people who led them.

This beautiful imagined memorial, a horse fashioned from intertwined metal and purple poppies beside a peaceful lake, carries a heartbreaking inscription:

"FOR THE HOOVES THAT NEVER CAME HOME."

As the 2026 Poppy Appeal continues, we remember the men and women who served and sacrificed, but also the animals whose stories deserve to be told.

The purple poppy honours the animals affected by war, reminding us that their suffering and service must never be forgotten.

They received no medals. They sought no glory. They had no choice in the sacrifices they made.

Yet they gave so much.

💜 For every empty stable, every silent field and every horse who never made it home — we remember.

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