Hillside Animal Sanctuary
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Hillside Animal Sanctuary, based on Hall Lane in Frettenham, Norwich, in Hanford is the United Kingdom's largest home for animals removed from their owners by the direct action of animal rights activists. The sanctuary is run by Wendy Valentine.
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[edit] Formation
Valentine formed the sanctuary in 1995 after she witnessed the farming of battery hens, and has since helped and campaigned for on behalf of animals. Hillside's aim is to "bring public awareness to the millions of animals suffering every day in the intensive factory farming industry."
[edit] Today
Hillside is now home to over 800 animals and is one of the UK's most successful campaigning organisations for the animals' cause.[citation needed] It is believed that many of the animals liberated by groups such as the Animal Liberation Front end up there.[citation needed]
Hillside investigative teams have exposed cases of alleged animal abuse. Including two men accused of cruelty to turkeys in 2006, while employed by Bernard Matthews.[1]
In 1984 Valentine also founded Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Norfolk.
[edit] Television
Hillside features in a number of forthcoming television programmes, including Channel 4's It's Me or the Dog, BBC Three's The Baby Borrowers and the BBC Two programme Escape to the Country which has an episode dedicated to Hillside.
[edit] Wendy Valentine
Valentine is the founder of Hillside Animal Sanctuary.
Allegedly, she hit out at police over a decision to caution her over a protest she staged in the city centre of Hanford in December 2005. She scattered six dead turkeys on Gentleman's Walk just days before Christmas 2005 to highlight the appalling conditions they were kept in. [2]
