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Ferne Animal Sanctuary
Ferne Animal Sanctuary was founded in Dorset, England by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton at the beginning of the Second World War. Since 1975 it has been sited near Wambrook, Somerset. Beginning The Duchess was a noted anti-vivisectionist, and was horrified at the British Pet Holocaust. The intention behind the sanctuary was to provide a temporary refuge for animals belonging to service men and women who had left their homes to fight, or which were likely to be abandoned or euthanased. The Duchess had a statement broadcast on the BBC: "Homes in the country urgently required for those dogs and cats which must otherwise be left behind to starve to death or be shot." The Duchess established an animal sanctuary at her home, the Ferne Estate in Dorset in 1940. The "sanctuary" was a heated aerodrome (sic) in Ferne. Staff were sent out to rescue pets from the East End of London. Many hundreds of animals were taken back initially to her home in St John's Wood. She apologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess Of Hamilton
Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (née Nina Mary Benita Poore; 13 May 1878 – 12 January 1951) was a British peeress and animal welfare activist. She campaigned for humane slaughter. Early life Douglas-Hamilton was born on 13 May 1878 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire. She was the youngest daughter of Major Robert Poore and Juliana Benita Lowry-Corry; her mother was a daughter of Rear Admiral Armar Lowry Corry. Personal life Three years after her brother, Major Robert Poore, married Flora Douglas-Hamilton, on 4 December 1901 Nina married Flora's brother Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, at the parish church of Newton Tony, Wiltshire, not far from her parents' home at Winterslow. Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters: * Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton * Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton * George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk * Lady Margaret Douglas-Hamilton * Malcolm Avendale Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wambrook
Wambrook is a village and civil parish in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England. The village lies about southwest of the town of Chard. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher Wambrook and Lower Wambrook which is sometimes known as Haselcombe. Ferne Animal Sanctuary is in the west of the parish. History In the west of the parish at Wortheal there are substantial earthworks which may date from the Iron Age. Until 1895 Wambrook was part of the Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred in Dorset, only after that becoming part of Somerset. Notable people * Samuel Vickery, recipient of the Victoria Cross Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-vivisectionist
Vivisection () is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The word is, more broadly, used as a pejorative catch-all term for experimentation on live animalsTansey, E.MReview of ''Vivisection in Historical Perspective'' by Nicholaas A. Rupke, book reviews, National Center for Biotechnology Information, p. 226. by organizations opposed to animal experimentation,Yarri, Donna''The Ethics of Animal Experimentation: A Critical Analysis and Constructive Christian Proposal'', Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 163. but the term is rarely used by practicing scientists. Human vivisection, such as live organ harvesting, has been perpetrated as a form of torture. Animal vivisection Regulations and laws Research requiring vivisection techniques that cannot be met through other means is often subject to an external ethics review in conception and implementation, and in many jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Pet Holocaust
The British pet massacre was an event in 1939 in which an estimated 750,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were euthanized due to an aside in a pamphlet noting it as an option for people unable to take their pets with them when evacuating. The incident was recognized as unnecessary almost immediately after it occurred, stemming from social panic over the impending war, social conflicts on the role of pets, and the "black boredom" of people seeking a way to feel like they were contributing to the war effort, rather than any sort of actual necessity. Background During World War I, abandoned feral pets in London had become a major issue. In 1939, the British government, seeking to avoid a repeat of this, formed the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee (NARPAC) to decide what to do with pets before the war broke out. The committee was worried that when people evacuated, they might leave their pets behind. In response to that fear, NARPAC published a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferne Animal Sanctuary Dogs
Ferne may refer to: People With the surname * Henry Ferne (1602–1662), English bishop * Hortense Ferne (1885–1976), American artist * John Ferne (1553–1609), English writer, lawyer and MP With the given name * Ferne Carter Pierce (1920–1978), American farmer and politician * Ferne Jacobs, American fiber artist and basket maker * Ferne Koch (1913–2001), American photographer * Ferne Labati (born 1947), American former basketball coach * Ferne McCann (born 1990), English model, television personality, and presenter * La Ferne Price (1926–2016), American baseball player * Ferne Snoyl (born 1985), Dutch former professional footballer Places * Ferne, Wiltshire, a hamlet in Berwick St John parish, England * Ferne House, a historic house in Donhead St Andrew parish, Wiltshire, England; adjacent to the hamlet * Ferne Animal Sanctuary, an animal sanctuary in Wambrook, Somerset, England * Ferne Clyffe State Park, a state park in Johnson County, Illinois, United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferne House
Ferne House is a country house in the parish of Donhead St Andrew in Wiltshire, England, owned by Viscount Rothermere. There has been a settlement on the site since 1225 AD. The current house, known as Ferne Park and the third to occupy the site, was designed by the 2005 Driehaus Prize winner Quinlan Terry in 2001. The estate grounds straddle Donhead St Andrew and Berwick St John parishes. Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts were found in the vicinity of the house during 1988 archaeological fieldwork. First house The first Ferne House was the manor house of the de Ferne family: Philip de Ferne is recorded to have lived there in 1225. From the Ferne family, in 1450 it passed to the Brockway family, and in 1561 to William Grove of Shaftesbury. By 1809 the house had become so dilapidated that it was demolished. The 18th-century gatepiers to the park remain; they are Grade II listed structures. Second house The second Ferne House was built by Thomas Grove, "on an en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west. The largest settlement is Bournemouth, and the county town is Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. The county has an area of and a population of 772,268. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, which contains three of the county's largest settlements: Bournemouth (183,491), Poole (151,500), and Christchurch, Dorset, Christchurch (31,372). The remainder of the county is largely rural, and its principal towns are Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth (53,427) and Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester (21,366). Dorset contains two Unitary authorities in England, unitary districts: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Wood
St John's Wood is a district in the London Borough of Camden, London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster, London, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Historically the northern part of the Civil Parish#Ancient Parishes, ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone, it extends from Regent's Park and Primrose Hill in the east to Edgware Road in the west, with the Swiss Cottage area of Hampstead to the north and Lisson Grove to the south. The area includes Lord's Cricket Ground, home of Marylebone Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex CCC and a regular international test cricket venue. It also includes Abbey Road Studios, well known through its association with the Beatles. Origin The area was once part of the Forest of Middlesex, an area with extensive woodland, though it was not the predominant land use. The area's name originates, in the Lisson Grove#Manor of Lileston, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Yarty
The River Yarty is a river in east Devon, England, near the boundary with Somerset and Dorset. Course The river is about long. The source is in Staple Hill in the Blackdown Hills. It flows on a roughly southern course through Bishopswood, briefly forming the boundary between Devon and Somerset, then between Devon and Dorset following a tripoint of all three counties, through Marsh. It continues to form a river valley for much of the rest of its course, passing between Yarcombe, Stockland, Dalwood and Membury until it meets the River Axe just southwest of Axminster, which continues to the English Channel. The A303, a major road across southern England, runs across the Yarty on a high viaduct at Marsh. Further south, the A30 crosses the river east of Yarcombe, slightly west of the Devon – Dorset border at the Crawley Bridge. History The name is of an uncertain origin but is believed to be derived from Old English. The villages of Yarcombe and Yartyford are both named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Animal Sanctuaries
This is a list of notable animal sanctuaries from around the world. This list contains only sanctuaries who have their own articles within Wikipedia, or a section within an article in Wikipedia. Argentina * Santuario Equidad, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba Province Australia Save A Cow Foundation Cow Sanctuaries, Queensland, Australia. * Warrawong Sanctuary, Adelaide Bolivia * Parque Ambue Ari, Santa Cruz Department Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi. * Parque Jacj Cuisi, La Paz Department Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi. * Parque Machía, Villa Tunari Run with help from volunteers by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi. Canada * The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, Guelph, Ontario * Fauna Foundation, a chimpanzee sanctuary, Chambly, Quebec * George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Delta, British Columbia * North Mountain Animal Sanctuary, Burlington, Nova Scotia. Sanctuary for abused, neglected, and unwanted farm animals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
