We are so sorry to tell you that the wonderful home we organised for Pesque the pig has fallen through. His approved caregivers contacted us to share the distressing news that several of their beloved pets had been slaughtered in the night - by methods that made it clear they were killed at human hands.

Our hearts go out to them in their anguish... and we are again searching for a loving home for Pesque - hopefully with a sow or two for company.

He must leave his foster home by early July, so temporary care is also a possibility. Please put the word out among your rural contacts, so that dear Pesque can finally have a place to call his home.

The fight to ban rodeos in New Zealand continues. The fastest way to close them down is to boycott this cruel entertainment. No spectators = no animal abuse!
Click on the image to watch the video clip where parliament denies the recommendations of the SPCA, Farmwatch, SAFE and over 62,000 New Zealanders.

One bobby calf abuser has been apprehended due to excellent undercover filming by Farmwatch. As with rodeo abuse, dairy cow abuse, slaughter-house abuse, chicken, cattle and pig farm abuse, the government will expect us to believe that this is yet another one-off rogue abuser/situation/farm. How much "one-off, rogue animal abuse" does it take before we admit that the meat and dairy industries are inherently cruel and are lethally abusive?

Please reconsider your dietary choices good people. When we stop consuming meat and dairy products the abuse stops. Click on the image for the news video clip.

More than 62,000 of us signed the petition to end rodeo in New Zealand. Tomorrow the government will meet to consider our demands.

The Animal Welfare Act 1999 is breached every season when rodeo animals are subjected to pain, terror, suffering and death in the name of entertainment. (Click on the image to see the undercover video footage taken just last year).

The law needs to change and we're hopeful that tomorrow will result in a total and permanent rodeo ban.