Don’t forget to buy the NZ Herald tomorrow! The insert magazine, VIVA, has an animal focus this week which includes an article about Animal Re-homing.
Which of our beautiful rescue babies do you think will be featured in a full colour photograph? You may be surprised!
www.viva.co.nz
Help us find a home for Max the Border Collie before Christmas. Our adorable Max must leave his foster home in less than two weeks so we are desperately seeking a lovely home for him. Please share this post with your friends so we can help Max. Thanks!
Beautiful Border Collie Max, has just turned four years old. When he tore both cruciate ligaments within five months, his distraught caregivers could not afford to pay for the second surgery or maintain him long term. With broken hearts, they asked the vet to euthanize him.
Desperate for a solution before the end of the day, the clinic staff contacted us. With the help of our precious donors and with dozens of volunteers creating and selling beaded bracelets, funds were raised to pay for Max’s discounted operation. Julie and Stephanus generously agreed to the intensive task of fostering him for the first eight weeks of his 12 week recovery.
Max has reached a point in his rehabilitation that we are now seeking applications for his adoption. He will need gentle exercise for the next few weeks and plenty of loving human company to keep him happy and stimulated while he settles into his new surroundings and lifestyle.
In less than two weeks, Max must leave his foster home, so we are hoping that someone ideal will quickly come forward for him and will be around home for the Christmas and holiday period. We would prefer that he doesn’t have to experience the wrench of leaving another fosterer – although we will consider a foster-to-adopt trial home.
Max is neutered, micro-chipped, registered and is in excellent health. He is a sensitive soul who is startled by fireworks and other loud sounds – so we are looking for a relatively quiet home for him. He loves to be with the people he trusts, so we are hoping there will be someone at home during the day or that he can go to work with his primary caregiver...or doggy day-care may be an option.
Max will be a wonderful and devoted companion to his successful applicant. His sweet nature will be appreciated by a family, couple or individual and he also enjoys meeting and greeting other dogs. At this stage he is not allowed boisterous play, so a resident dog would need to be relatively calm or able to be kept separate for a month. If you are interested in the possible adoption of Max, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Note: We are very grateful to Kath at Nose to Tail Dogwash for sponsoring his hydrotherapy sessions to ensure the best possible recovery. Thanks also to Forrest Hill Vet Clinic for discounting their medical fee for Max.
Give us your thoughts ... do you think it is OK to keep hens in cages as part of the egg industry?
Our friends @StopCraddockFarms
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Step 1: Sign the petition opposing the factory farm at:https://www.change.org/p/
Step 2: Write to your local supermarket requesting they stock ethical eggs. Take action for caged hens today and send a letter!
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Pak'n'Save
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[SAMPLE LETTER]
RE: “HUMANELY RAISED” SUPPLIERS
To Whom It May Concern,
As a regular customer of your store, I was concerned to learn that the new Colony Systems for layer hens are in fact Colony Caged Systems. My concern is that you currently stock or will stock this product in the future which supports the ongoing cruelty of caging laying hens unnecessarily. This new cage system is not supported by SAFE or the RNZSPCA and you may be aware that recently the CEO Ric Odom spoke out about this saying that farms using these cages are “a backward step that flies in the face of current trends”.
I ask that you replace all of your egg suppliers who are using cages with a more humane option that uses meaningful third party auditing programs such as AsureQuality that undertakes spot checks to ensure that they are meeting high animal welfare standards.
Currently, caged products do not align with New Zealand values. There is nothing natural or humane about caged farming and it is a conflict with the perceived “100% Pure Green” image.
I urge you to seriously consider my request. As your customer and a consumer I would fully support you should you decide to remove caged produced eggs from your shelves, as would a significant number of your other customers.
Yours faithfully,
[Name]
Update: Fantastic! We have won 2 hours 20 minutes of advertising time! A big thank you to everybody who voted for us and to iStoreFront for their support of animals in need.
Please vote for us at the interactive window display outside Frank Casey Suit Hire at 161 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna. Each vote gives Animal Re-homing 30 seconds of advertising airtime, so go there and give us your vote so we can run a big ad campaign to save animals. Be quick - voting closes Thursday night. Thanks heaps!
Please vote for us at the interactive window display outside the Frank Casey Suit Hire at 161 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna.
Each vote gives Animal Re-homing 30 seconds of advertising airtime, so go there and give us your vote so we can run a big ad campaign to save animals.
Be quick voting closes on Thursday night. Thanks heaps!
