Sad news. Our beautiful Blu was put to sleep yesterday. We always knew his nose cancer was terminal and hoped he would let us know when he was no longer comfortable.

Blu spent his first 10 years with his loving mum, SallyAnn, and his final 11 months in palliative care with us. We knew him from the day he was born to his homeless mother (who is still under our umbrella).

Blu was a mediator, extremely affectionate, playful, active, curious and happy... until yesterday - when his usual enthusiasm disappeared.

SallyAnn spent the day with us so in his last hours, Blu was surrounded by the people he trusted and loved most.

We went on a quick shopping trip so that we could feed our boy a special meal and in the late afternoon we took him to the vet where he peacefully passed away while we soothed and stroked him.

He rested in his favourite spot overnight and today Paul dug a grave for his close mate in a place where Blu watched the activity of the outdoor animals.

Thank you so much to everyone who was a part of Blu's care team - from saying hello, to cleaning his room, to changing his water, to preparing his meals, to giving him affection, to providing his therapies.

Blu was fortunate to have been loved and cared for from his day of birth to the day he died...but will be very sadly missed.

Yay! School holidays are here!

That means our teenage volunteers come to help too. Check out some of the tasks Animal Re-homing volunteers have been involved with this week.

Thank you so much to our volunteers of all ages for the time, assistance and love you so abundantly give us. We really do appreciate every one of you!

To see more pictures of volunteers at work, please click here

Eleven of Animal Re-homing's dedicated volunteers bolstered the numbers at Auckland Earthlings Experience #5 during the weekend. This global public action centres around the award winning documentary "Earthlings".

Even though it was a cold wet day, there were plenty of curious pedestrians at the busy Queen Street intersection - two of whom spontaneously left the street, donned masks and joined the event to raise awareness of animal suffering - especially in the meat and dairy industries.

Many people were horrified to discover that animals are terrified, brutalised, mutilated and suffer horrific conditions so that human taste-buds are entertained. Most didn't know that male chicks in the egg industry are killed on the day they hatch or that male calves in the dairy industry are slaughtered within days of their birth. Several said they would now consider going vegetarian or vegan.

Many thanks to Daniel's team for organising this important event. We look forward to joining them at the next one.

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