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ADOPTION BONANZA - SPECIAL PRICE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATS & KITS

Our Animal Recovery Centre (ARC) is full to capacity - these are gorgeous, loving cats & kittens who deserve a loving home !

If you are considering adopting a cat or kitten please help by adopting a very special cat or kitten FROM OUR ARC*

50% discount on ARC cats and kittens!
(*This does not include cats and kittens from our main Cattery)

This fantastic offer is only valid from Friday 3 July to Sunday 12 July 09

Normal Auckland SPCA adoption terms & conditions apply

ADOPTION SPECIAL ON OUR ADULT DOGS !

Help me find a home

Our Adult Dog Modules are overflowing with our fantastic canines, so take advantage of this great special offer, valid from Friday 3 July to Sunday 12 July 09

50% discount on our ADULT DOGS for a limited time only !

Normal Auckland SPCA adoption terms & conditions apply

Assisi blog

Supporters of the Auckland SPCA will be aware that donations to our Animals’ Voice magazine Assisi Bear Campaign has topped $28,500 – enough to rescue a Chinese bile bear and meet the costs of its care into the future.

Liane Donovan is our “Assisi Ambassador” and is in China to welcome our Assisi bear to the Animals’ Asia sanctuary for bile bears in Chengdu, and you can read Liane's blog here hamster-assisi.blogspot.com

KITTEN FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED ! ! !

Foster homes for cats and kittens are still desperately needed! If you think you can look after a few very cute bundles of fluff for about 3-4 weeks (all food, litter, supplies provided by us), please contact our Foster Co-ordinator, Rebecca Laird, by email: rebecca.laird@spca.org.nz or phone 09 2562525.

INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PIGS MUST STOP

The SPCA has renewed its call for a ban on sow stalls and farrowing crates, following last night's screening by TVNZ's 'Sunday' Programme of footage of pigs subjected to these extreme forms of confinement.

"We call on Agriculture Minister David Carter to ensure that the Animal Welfare Code for Pigs is altered, as soon as possible, to ban these cruel practices," says the SPCA's National Chief Executive, Robyn Kippenberger. "It is total nonsense for a code that is meant to reflect the humane principles of the 1999 Animal Welfare Act, to allow pigs to be kept for most of their lives in such tight conditions that they can't even turn round. Pigs are an intelligent and sensitive species and there is considerable evidence that this type of ongoing cruelty can lead to demented behaviour, such as biting their cage bars."

SPCA Auckland Executive Director, Bob Kerridge, agrees "This cruel and barbaric method of farming totally contravenes the Animal Welfare Act and is aided and abetted by a 'Code of Welfare' trhat allows it. How crazy is that! No animal deserves such treatment and we must do all we can to stop it." he says [more...]

Can You Help This Quiet Old Fella?

'Buddy', is a beautiful 23yr old thoroughbred, gelding who has had a rough time of late. He came to us malnourished and also needing some medical treatment. He is doing very well, and the vet has given him the all clear to go to a new home. Could this be YOU?! He is a quiet chap, who loves to hang out under our huge shelter and nibble at the hay and also has a bit of a motherly side. He has taken under his wing a young colt, who didn't quite know how things worked and showed him the ropes.

He'll need to go to a permanent retirment home with plenty of grazing, shelter and have an owner knowledgeable about horses who can provide excellent care. Recently we have had many horses come in and have been very successful in rehoming many of them, however we still have a few left, including 'Buddy', if you think you could give any of them a home please go to our livestock adoption page.

Unfortunately during this period our old harrow gave up the ghost and so we are looking for a used or new one to help us keep care of the paddocks these horses occupy. If you have one you could donate or would like to make a donation towards it, please contact fiona.mcdonald@spca.org.nz