Rabbit rescue and welfare in New Zealand
Thanks to your awesome response regarding the messaging displayed on TradeMe’s banners, a couple of our team will be appearing on One News this evening as part of a story on this topic. Your support has helped lift this issue to national news, and we hope that by doing so, our collective voices will ensure better outcomes for animals sold …
We try our best not to call out individual organisations, but while one as big as Trademe continues to use their platform to perpetuate the myth of rabbits as “low maintenance… easy… first time pets”, organisations such as ours will be forced to fight an impossible battle, animals will continue to suffer, and their families will continue to be set …
It’s been an exciting week all round!! On Wednesday, two of our team took the day off work to attend the 2020 SPCA/MPI Animal Rescue Roadshow. We spent the day learning, sharing information, and most importantly; discussing all the ways in which we can work together to achieve positive outcomes for the Animals of Aotearoa, New Zealand! Thank you to Companion …
We’ve had a number of people contacting us about a news clip that aired on Friday night, so we’d like to address some of the concerns raised There is currently no Code of Welfare for domestic rabbits, and no legal guidelines on rabbit ownership in New Zealand. Therefore it is the collective responsibility of our community to ensure that people …
In these uncertain times and intermittent lock-downs we will continue to operate as usual where practical. In Level 1 and 2 the charity will operate respecting social distancing and will continue to rescue and adopt out rabbits.
As an essential service, we will continue to operate during the lockdown but with a reduced service. The charity is still taking in rescue animals but will not be able to run adoptions at this time. We are also still caring for our animals in foster and will be providing care, food, and medical support for these animals. Like many …