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.

Remember the beautiful pig named Pesque?

In our last post we had finally found him a wonderful home on the outskirts of Wellington with two rescued sows for company - and were searching for a stopover haven near Auckland for his neutering and recovery.

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When nowhere suitable was found, The Animal Sanctuary kindly offered to foster him for us as a last resort – and we gratefully accepted. We are delighted to report that Pesque has now been neutered and will stay at the sanctuary for a month until he is no longer fertile. The sanctuary generously sponsored the cost of his surgery.

Huge gratitude to Shawn and Michael for fostering him and to Amanda and Kevin for keeping him protected and loved until then. Kevin so adores Pesque that he travelled with him from the Far North and is staying at the sanctuary to settle him in. We look forward to transporting Pesque to his final home in mid-June and hope Kevin is able to accompany us there. Watch this space…

NOTE: Video credit to The Animal Sanctuary. Within days of his neuter surgery, Pesque is shown taking a walk with Kevin.

When Gareth Jardine donated a wall cat-bed to our shelter, handsome Chico was the first to explore and then relax into it while he waits for that special someone to adopt him. Many thanks to Gareth for this unique gift and to trustee Paul for installing it. (Gareth is pictured with his dog Chocolat).

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Good to see that 10% of New Zealander's don't eat meat now. Wonderful news for suffering animals, our health and the environment.