Most people were probably looking at @liamgallagher and @oasis last night on stage.
Look a little closer and you’ll spot a dog called Buttons.
Her’s is a remarkable story… (1/7) 🧵
@NiallHarbison You do amazing work with the dogs and the way you tell the stories about each one is just brilliant. Good luck with the shows and just be yourself 😊
@HeatherLane77 We do feel sorry for lovely Stan but don't take it personally. We know these dogs are usually big softies but some dogs are not always good with others for lots of reasons and could be the reason some owners keep their distance. Hope Stan finds a friend or two soon.
@Shitlawns@MillerHomesUK@TraffordCouncil Just dreadful! These are not gardens just an open space. What about drainage of the area and all the associated toxins released from this stuff 😡
@RevRichardColes @BootsUK Stopped going to @BootsUK after they cancelled my Advantage card points because I hadn't used my card enough! I also don't shop anywhere where it is self-service only.
Do you know what these pictures are of?
These are pictures of you walking past litter in the street and tutting, then going home to sweep up and burn all the leaves so your lawn looks tidy.
These are pictures of you complaining to the council that they haven't cut the stinging nettles growing alongside the path you use to walk your children to school.
These pictures are the results of our casual disregard for all lives except our own.
The first picture actually shows a poo from a hedgehog dying of starvation.
Yes, it's a poo.
It's made up of just grass and plastic - neither of which she can digest, but they filled her stomach for a while and stopped the pain.
The caterpillars that she should be eating didn't survive, because the stinging nettles they were living on were cut down, destroyed, just in case someone got stung.
The second picture is a bird's eye view of the starving hedgehog's nest. It's squashed in between the wall and the aircon unit at the back of a pub.
It's made of plastic bags and food wrappers.
The long grasses and spent foliage it should have been made of were cut down and thrown away, because they looked messy.
With no uncut verges, no hedges, no welcoming wild corner of a garden, no where left natural, everything cut, strimmed, tidied, controlled, this was the only place Holly could find.
This was where she had her babies.
And this was where they would have all died of starvation if not for Chris, the lovely publican who phoned me, voicing his concerns.
This little family, all severely malnourished and underweight, are now safe and sound in rescue, thanks to the lovely @pricklelodge .
But there are lots of Hollys out there, who don't get noticed.
Please, I beg you, leave some of your garden natural.
➡️If cutting the lawn, leave the edges for wildlife.
➡️Pick up litter when you see it.
➡️Write to your council and ask them to stop mowing and strimming and poisoning.
➡️Go into the kitchen now, sort through your cupboards and find a shallow wide dish, like the pyrex lid of a casserole pot, fill it with water and put it out by your front door, and refresh it every evening.
➡️Add kitten biscuits to your weekly shop and put out a dish full each night (see https://t.co/R5zzu7150b and https://t.co/17t0uiehuv).
This tragic tale can have a happy ending, for all the Hollies out there, if we all do our bit to help.