Did you see this very special message about Cupcake Day from Prime Minister John Key? And as he says, it’s all for a really great cause so we hope you’ll get involved.
Get behind Wellington SPCA and help save the lives of thousands of animals in your community.
Just register to become a cupcake cook, then fire up your ovens, create some delectable delights and sell them to your friends, family and colleagues. Easy!
All the money raised locally will come directly to Wellington SPCA – helping us to continue our life-saving work for the animals in the Wellington area.
Registrations are open now. So what are you waiting for?!
Following on from our awesome video from Prime Minister John Key, today’s Cupcake Day star is Martin Bosley, award-winning chef and owner of Martin Bosley’s in Wellington.
Check out Martin with the gorgeous Meg giving his support to Wellington SPCA for Cupcake Day 2011.
Why not show your support for Cupcake Cay 2011 and raise money to help save the lives of thousands of animals in need. Get registered today!
These four tiny puppies are now safely in our care after being found abandoned in a cardboard box in the Lower Hutt suburb of Woburn on Monday.
The cries of the cold and hungry six-week-old female terrier cross pups alerted a Woburn resident as he returned home to his nearby property at around 8pm.
Being the owner of two young dogs himself, their rescuer decided to take the puppies in for the night – giving them food and water and even constructing a special temporary bed for them.
“We are so grateful to the gentleman who, out of the kindest of his heart, not only prevented these puppies from spending a night outside in the bitter cold, but also from what would have been a much different and uncertain future,” Vanessa Hetherington, Wellington SPCA spokeswoman.
The dumping of these puppies is extremely sad and disheartening for us. We provide a 24-hour emergency service, can offer low-cost desexing as well as help and advice to people who may be struggling to care for their pets.
“There is no need for people to put helpless animals at risk in this way. We are here to help.”
But despite the already large number of puppies (approximately 40) currently in our care, we have taken in the unwanted strays, who will remain in our care until a suitable loving home can be found.
However, as a charity that receives no direct government funding, we depend on donations from the public to continue to provide our life saving services.
If you can make a donation to help feed, house and care for these tiny puppies, along with the hundreds of other animals in our care, you can make one online or by calling our credit card hotline on 04 389 7387.
You can read the pup’s story as it appeared on Stuff.co.nz.
This incident comes as RNZSPCA released a national press release highlighting a major problem SPCA’s across the country are facing as the tide of unwanted puppies and dogs keeps coming.
This is Pepper (as a puppy), previously known to us as Bee, who was adopted from our Newtown animal centre in October 2009 as a three-month-old pup.
Pepper celebrated her second birthday last week and just to show how awesome a dog she has become, owner Emily has shared this video with us. Enjoy.
If you would like to adopt one of the many awesome dogs currently in our care waiting for their forever home, check out our adoption pages or pay us a visit.
With so much human tragedy, it’s easy to forget that there are many pets who have suffered as a result of the quake.
Wellington SPCA’s Animal Rescue Unit and Massey University’s Veterinary Emergency Response Team have been involved right at the centre of the action, helping to rescue trapped animals, returining lost animals to their owners and providing veterinary care and support to the brave Urban Rescue search dogs – with their sore paws and achy limbs.
We are very proud to be able to provide the animals and pet owners of Canterbury with our services and hope that the good news stories of pets being reunited with their owners keep coming.
But, ARU need your help to keep providing their life-saving work. Please consider making a donation today.
Check out more news coverage from the teams down in Christchurch helping to care for and reunite hundreds of displaced animals following last week’s earthquake:
Hayley Squance from the Vet Emergency Response Team talks to Lucas from TV One’s Breakfast programme about how they’ve been helping care for the search dogs
You may have seen our awesome Animal Rescue Team on the news last night. They were being featured after spending the weekend helping to train vets in emergency animal rescue techniques.
Those that were being trained now make up the Massey University Veterinary Emergency Response Team – New Zealand’s second-only technical animal rescue capable group.
The skills taught by the team will help to ensure that more veterinary professionals are able to assist with animal welfare emergencies at times of disaster, like the Canterbury earthquake for example.
Check out us out on our regular appearance on the Good Morning show this morning.
Wellington SPCA animal welfare inspector Ben Lakomy had a natter with Hadyn about budgies and cupcakes!
Our slot today was mainly to promote Cupcake Day which is just around the corner – on Monday in fact!
We also took along a couple of budgies that are currently in our care and as a result of the show, we have received dozens of calls and emails from people interested in offering them a new home!
We’ll keep you posted on the budgies’ progress and remember to support Wellington SPCA on Monday and buy a cupcake!!
Once a month we have a slot on TV One’s Good Morning show when we get to talk about animal welfare and take along some of our animals in need of homes.
This morning’s show featured Sprocket and Wizard and was all about the benefits of adopting an adult dog.
Check out Sprocket and Wizard’s star turn here [128 k] (you need to fast forward to 23min and 45sec).
Sprocket and Wizard are just two of about 25 adult dogs currently in our care, who really need a loving new home NOW! Why not take a look at them, and all the dogs available for adoption on our website? If you can offer any of the dogs, or any other of our animals a home, please give us a call today on 04 389 8044.
