Thank you so much to Direct Animal Action for organising events to ban rodeos around New Zealand. Please keep your diaries clear this coming Saturday 9th January and also Waitangi Day (6th February) to be part of them. Let us know if you are coming from Auckland so we can arrange carpooling. For more information about the peaceful demonstrations, please go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1005778019482928/

Many dedicated Animal Re-homing volunteers and supporters faced the stormy weather after a late night on New Year’s Eve and still rolled out of bed the next day to be part of a rodeo demonstration in Warkworth. Thankfully the cruel event was cancelled, but we went ahead with a photo shoot at the showgrounds. Some Animal Re-homing volunteers are pictured below at a cafe afterwards.

To see what happened at last summer's NZ rodeo circuit go to 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zvRSjgy70&feature=youtu.be

See these links for recent media coverage about banning rodeo:
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/rodeo-protestors-turn-out-despite-cancellation-2016010113#axzz3vxGo3tKe
http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Are-Rodeos-Cruel-for-Animals/tabid/506/articleID/110772/Default.aspx
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/animal-activists-plan-rodeo-demonstration/

Happy New Year! We hope you've had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas break and you’re feeling recharged and ready for 2016.

It’s been another full-on and successful year for Animal Re-homing. We've rescued and re-homed dogs & puppies, cats & kittens, hens & chicks, roosters, ducks, hedgehogs, cows, birds, rabbits… We've attended protests and demonstrations, advocated for animals with council and the public, given educational talks at schools and community groups, fed and cared for cat and chicken colonies, fundraised for and purchased a new vehicle, worked with and assisted other animal rights and welfare groups, provided food and veterinary care for the dogs of homeless people, built and repaired animal related structures, de-sexed countless cats… all while running the shelter day to day.

Thank you so much for your ongoing support – we simply couldn't do it without you!

May 2016 be as peaceful for you and your loved ones as it is for these beautiful rescued chimps at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Centre. (There is no sound briefly at the beginning, but keep watching).

Please start 2016 in a way that will help change history for abused animals in New Zealand. Start the New Year with an act of compassion.

Click on the image below to watch the footage recorded in NZ last Summer - we know you will feel moved to take action.

This coming Friday 1st January the cruel rodeo circuit kicks off with the first ‘show’ at Warkworth (45 minutes north of Auckland). Join us there in a peaceful demonstration so the media has an opportunity to inform the public about this animal abuse disguised as entertainment. Other major animal organisations such as the SPCA New Zealand, SAFE and Farmwatch are also fighting hard to close down this industry. The Government is slow to act, so it is public awareness that will end the barbarism. No customers, no rodeo.

Please wear a plain black top and remember this is a sombre and silent, one hour demo – no chanting, no drums or whistles, no heckling, no confrontation from us. Banners will be provided.

Be at Kowhai Reserve (on your right as you head north leaving Warkworth township) by 10.15am for a brief. We will then move on to the rodeo venue a little further north at the Dargaville Showgrounds. The demo is from 11am – 12 noon. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/441771152681616/

We will be leaving Browns Bay at 9.30am sharp and you are welcome to join us in convoy or to carpool. Please let us know you are attending the demo and how many friends will be joining you at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Can’t make it or don’t live near Auckland? Please sign the petition and spread the word. Click here

Happy Christmas Everyone!

You can't beat the joy an animal can bring to a home.

May you and your loved ones have as much fun and laughter as these two on Christmas Day!