When Mars NZ offered staff members Vicki, Nina, Debs, Ursula, Paul, Darren, Gerry and Steve to volunteer, we couldn’t say yes fast enough. Every year they dedicate 40 hours in the community. This year they chose us!

Among other important tasks, they managed to clean the car, walk the rescue dogs, remove the stairwell carpet & tacks, give companionship to the shelter cats, clean the windows inside & out, repair animal beds, change the kitty litter boxes, weed the property, clear an overgrown area, prepare a winter garden, fill dog-created lawn potholes, and water-blast the paths, walls, stairs, boardwalk & outdoor furniture. What a magnificent effort!

Between them they gifted their energy, expertise, DIY attitudes, sweat, patience, muddied clothes & blistered hands and gave us over 40 hours of their precious time - which made a huge difference to our animals, shelter environment and morale.

Thank you so much Team Mars NZ, we’d be glad to have you back any time!

When a kind family discovered a very cute rabbit hopping around their garden, they looked after him while they advertised that they had found him. Unfortunately his care-givers didn’t come forward, so the family brought him to us. Our dedicated volunteer Sam fostered this little fellow while we continued to search for his original home. Sam fell head-over-heels in love, so when our search proved fruitless, she named him Bandit and joyfully adopted him. What a happy ending!

However, this means we’ve lost a fantastic rabbit fosterer! If you’d like to foster an animal, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We would like to thank the Veterinary Hospital Group clinic in Hibiscus Coast for applying charity discounts when we have our bunnies vet-checked, de-sexed, vaccinated and micro-chipped.

We would like to thank the kind people at Petfood Direct for recently donating ten big sacks of dog food, which we were able to share with another rescue organisation.

Over the years we have also been very lucky to receive donations of food and/or equipment from Masterpet, Paw Justice, Mars, Incorporated, SPCA AUCKLAND, Humane Society of New Zealand, Animates NZ and vet clinics. A selection of these donations are pictured below.

We have a continuous need to cater for homeless animals so any support is very much appreciated. We could not manage without the help of our individual supporters and these generous organisations.

The world is changing. People are becoming more compassionate toward animals. A huge annual slaughter has finally ceased in Nepal, preventing thousands of needless deaths. Time to celebrate!

Video of a young Nepalese boy pleading for a goat's life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0K96NapOQ

Nepal chooses kindness — ENDING the world's largest animal sacrifice event