Wellington SPCA

August 23, 2010

Topics: Events /Fundraising /Latest

Cupcake countdown!!

There’s only one week to go until we all go cupcake crazy!!

Here’s your chance to show your support for Wellington SPCA – and it’s so easy to get involved!

Just bake and sell a batch or two of yummy cupcakes and donate the proceeds to us.

Official registrations to become a cupcake cook have now closed but you can still go to the website for all the information about how to get involved.

Please remember to use free-range eggs in your cupcakes!!

So why not get your friends round for a baking party, make some cakes to sell to your schoolmates or treat your colleagues to a coffee time treat?!

Thanks for your support and happy baking!!

August 20, 2010

Topics: Appeals /Latest

Donate your doggy’s old digs!

Part of animal welfare inspector’s role is to ensure that animals get appropriate care from their owners. Part of a responsible pet owner’s role is to provide an animal with adequate shelter.

Occasionally our inspectors will help an owner out by providing more appropriate shelter – especially for those who cannot afford to make the required improvements.

However, for our inspectors to be able to do this, they rely on the generosity of the public to donate their unwanted or used kennels.

So, if you want to help us to help the community, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you if you have a plastic or wood kennel that’s still in good condition – ones with minor repairs aren’t a problem.

And we’re happy to come and collect them from you if you can’t drop them into our Newtown animal centre.

If you can help, give our inspectors a call today on 04 389 8044 ext. 812.

Thanks!

Topics: Events /Fundraising /Latest

Last chance to register for Cupcake Day!

Today is your last chance to register to become a Cupcake Cook (and don’t forget, it’s free to register)!

Cupcake Day is a fabulously fun way to support your local SPCA – bake some yummy cupcakes, sell them to your work mates, friends or family and raise much-needed funds.

Go the website now and get registered today!

August 19, 2010

Topics: Animals available for adoption /Latest

Follow us on Twitter

You can now follow Wellington SPCA on Twitter!

We have set up a rather nifty tweet service that automatically sends out a Tweet each and every time an animal becomes available for adoption.

You can then link to our website and find out all you need to know about that animal and hopefully be able to offer them a loving forever home.

Our auto-Tweets also lets you know when an animal has found a new home and will soon be listing animals that are ‘lost’ and brought into us – to help reunite animals with their owners.

So, what are you waiting for – get following us at http://twitter.com/WgtnSPCA !

August 13, 2010

Topics: Latest

It’s time for a spring clean

Paint pots

Our Newtown animal centre is in dire need of a spruce-up!

We’d love to brighten up our cat and dog runs, freshen up the rabbit hutches and clean up the cat houses.

So, we’re on the hunt for donations of paint – unwanted tester pots, half tins, full tins - whatever you can spare will be gratefully received.

You can drop your donations of paint into either our Newtown or Waikanae animal centre at any time.

Thank you!!

August 12, 2010

Topics: Animals available for adoption /Latest

Adopt a pet from us today!

We have over 300 animals currently in our care and many of these animals are available for adoption and in need of a new home right now!

So, here’s your chance to make a fantastic addition to your family and to give an animal another chance in life.

There are a number of ways you can check out our animals who are just waiting for their new forever home:

Our off-site adoption events

Every few months we take our animals out and about around the Wellington region to try and find them homes. It’s a great way to see if you can adopt a pet from us and saves you a journey into the bargain!

Our next off-site adoption event is at Newlands Community Centre, 9 Batchelor Street, Newlands, Wellington (click here for a map) on Saturday 21 August from 10am to 2pm. It’s free to come along but all our normal adoption criteria apply.

Our website

We have a whole section of our website dedicated to animals available for adoption. This is regularly updated and in most cases carries a little bit of a story about each animal.

Our animal centre

You can always come down to our animal centres in Newtown or Waikanae, meet the animals in person and have a chat with the caregivers about who might be best suited to you.

The Dominion Post

Every fortnight we have a half-page advertisement in The Dominion Post, featuring 21 of our animals and sometimes featuring a special pet who urgently needs to go to a loving home.

Trademe

From time to time we feature a few very special animals who are struggling with centre life and who we are really keen to find new homes for – and fast! So these get posted up on Trademe.

We are always in need of lots of caring and kind people to open their homes and their hearts to the animals in our care and give them the opportunity to get the life they deserve.

Can you adopt from Wellington SPCA today?

August 6, 2010

Topics: Events /Kid's Club /Latest

Young Animal Ambassadors

Wellington SPCA’s Kid’s Club takes place every month and children aged 6-12 years can come along to take part in an afternoon packed with fun, educational games and activities and the chance to meet some special animal friends.

This month we will be learning more about the SPCA and what they can do to help animals in the community.

The annual SPCA Cupcake Day is just around the corner, so we’ll be putting on our chef’s hats to decorate some tasty cupcakes. We will be putting on a bake sale to sell our fancy decorated cupcakes at the end to raise money for Wellington SPCA.

If you fancy coming along to this cool event, take a look at the flyer and print off the application form here and send it to Jennifer Rizzi, Wellington SPCA, PO Box 7069, Newtown, Wellington 6242. Spaces are limited so bookings are essential.

When: Saturday 21 August from 4.30pm to 6.30pm

Where: Newtown Hall, cnr of Daniell and Constable Streets, Newtown

Cost: $15 per child

If you’d like more information about our Kid’s Club you can email Jen at JenniferR@wellingtonspca.org.nz or call her on 04 389 8044 ext 827.

Topics: Latest

Fearless feline freed by the SPCA

An inquisitive tabby cat is recovering well at home following an ordeal that left him trapped between the walls of his new home – a home he had been in for all of one day!

Wellington SPCA Inspector Brett Lahman was called in to help rescue the fearless feline after he had clambered up inside a sealed chimney and then fell into a tiny crevasse between the walls of the house and the fireplace.

His desperate new owner had tried in vain to reach him from inside the house, but despite cutting numerous holes in the interior walls, still couldn’t reach him.

It soon became clear that the only way to get him out would be to cut holes into the exterior wall of the house. So with the help of a friendly nearby builder and his circular saw, they were able to free the trapped cat who had fallen upside down, unable to move a whisker.

“It was great to finally free the poor puss with no obvious signs of injuries or stress. Throughout the whole ordeal he was stoically brave” said Inspector Lahman.

After getting the all-clear from the vet, the adventurous mog was reunited with his grateful owner and was back in his new home, safe and sound.

No doubt he won’t be pursuing a career in chimney sweeping any time soon…

August 4, 2010

Topics: Events /Fundraising /Latest

Fancy a night at the movies?

Waikanae SPCA is holding a fantastic night at the movies to help raise much-needed funds.

The event is a private screening of Predicament, the movie that recently opened the Wellington International Film Festival and stars Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords fame as well as Tim Finn.

So why not show your support for your local SPCA with a fab night out at the movies?!

The screening is on Thursday 2nd September at 7.30pm at Shoreline Cinema, Mahara Road, Waikanae.

Tickets are $20 and include pre-show nibbles. There will also be spot prizes and a raffle on the night.

Tickets can be purchased from Waikanae SPCA, Main Road North, Waikanae. For more information call 04 293 4292.

Topics: Events /Fundraising /Latest

Vote for your Next Top Cat Model!!

The 10 finalists have now been announced for New Zealand’s Next Top Cat Model and an ex-Wellington SPCA moggy is one of the them!

Omar is not only a finalist in the competition, but is also top of the fundraising leader board having raised a staggering $1,145.00 so far!

The Next Top Cat Model competition, presented by SPCA Premium Food, is raising funds for the SPCA, Cats Protection League and Lonely Miaow, with 95% of the money raised being donated to these charities.

All of the feline finalists, including Omar, are on the website and the deadline for casting your vote is Thursday 12 August – so get voting for Omar now!!

Show your support for the SPCA and help Omar become New Zealand’s Next Top Cat Model today!

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