SPCA Auckland Centres

Frog and Olive are two pygmy goats who became the best of friends at our Māngere Centre – but their journeys to their fateful meeting weren’t easy 💙

Read all about their stories, and how their friendship blossomed into a comforting, healing experience for both of them, on our site: https://www.spca.nz/news-and-events/news-article/frog-and-olive

It’s kitten season, and we need your help!

If you want to help vulnerable animals, but aren’t ready for the long-term commitment of adoption, then fostering could be for you ❤️

Over the next few months, we’re expecting thousands of cats and kittens to come into our care. Many will need time to grow, recover, and heal before they’re ready for adoption – this is where you can come in!

SPCA provides everything you need to foster, including food, bedding, toys, and medication if required. It’s not just cats and kittens that need short-term foster care, but animals like puppies and dogs, rabbits, and farm animals too.

Sign up to foster over on our website today: https://www.spca.nz/foster24

For us humans, Halloween lollies and chocolate are fun seasonal treats – but it's important to remember that the same can’t be said for our animal friends 🍬🚫

Sugar-free lollies and chocolate of all kinds present a big danger to pets, as their bodies can't digest them like ours can. Eating them can lead to severe illness and even death. This Halloween, please be sure to stay vigilant around your pets, and make sure the only treats they consume are ones made for them!

Guy Fawkes Day is a stressful time for many companion animals, with fireworks causing high levels of anxiety and discomfort around the country. That's why we've teamed up with RNZ to curate a night of relaxing, pet-friendly tunes, specifically chosen to ease the burden on your furry friends' ears 💙

This Tuesday 5 November, don't miss RNZ’s Concert for Animals! Join us in making sure the evening is full of Bach, not barks 🐶🎶

Tune into RNZ Concert from 6PM to midnight to listen! Read more on our site: https://www.spca.nz/news-and-events/news-article/spca-concert-radio-guy-fawkes

Exciting news - for the first time, SPCA will be taking part in Giving Tuesday on 3 December! 🙌 Giving Tuesday has been making waves overseas, and now we're bringing the power of generosity and community action to New Zealand’s vulnerable animals 💙

You can take part by creating a fundraiser of your choice, and fundraising all the way up until and including Giving Tuesday. Whether you want to host a bake sale, sell handmade crafts, run a marathon, or have a garage sale, every dollar raised will go towards helping the animals in the care of SPCA 🐱🐶

Sign up to take part in Giving Tuesday on our Fundraising Hub! https://fundraise.spca.nz/

Shout out to Petdirect for the incredible donation to our Mangere Centre and our Community Support Programme! This couldn’t have come at a better time as we prepare for the busy summer period. Thanks Pet Direct warehouse team for the convenient labels. Zoe the pup is checking out the goodies and is thoroughly confused while in typical cat fashion James only wants to play in the box.

Today we'd like to give a special shoutout to Matilda and her friends, who have proven that you're never too young to make a difference for the animals! ❤️

Matilda is only 10 years old, and has created a Girl Scouts group at her school with the primary goal of fundraising for SPCA 🥰 They kicked off their efforts by selling cookies at the beach, and their passion led them to organise a cookie sale at school, raising nearly $300.

Pictured here, Riley, Matilda, and Lorenzo came to our Māngere Centre to meet the puppies and see how their donations will be put to work. Our team member Caitlin introduced them to little Lisa (who is indeed available for adoption!), who was thrilled to meet them.

A big thank you to Matilda and her friends, on behalf of the animals! 🐶😸

We just wanted to take a moment to introduce you to Enid, whose adorable markings give her the appearance of having one fabulous eyebrow 🥰😅

This sweetheart is waiting to be adopted from our Māngere Centre! ❤️ Meet her here: www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/615094/puppy-enid-auckland

Have you been considering adopting a dog or puppy? Now’s the time, with 25% off all canine adoption fees from 5 to 20 October!

As dog adoptions slow in the colder months, winter was a difficult time for New Zealand’s pups – but with school holidays and longer days, now is a great time to add a new canine family member to your home.

On top of saving 25% on adoption fees when you adopt a dog or puppy over this two-week period, our friends at Zoetis will throw in a Free Single of Simparica Trio flea, tick and worm treatment. You'll also receive a discount voucher for further purchases, so you can keep your new friend healthy and parasite-free.

Be their family! Find a friend for life this spring at www.spca.nz/betheirfamily

✨Introducing Miley🤩

This gorgeous girl is still looking for her forever family 💜 Our smiley Miley is the gentlest of souls yet no one has applied to adopt her?!

She can be shy at first but once you've won her over (with a handful of treats 😁) she is your best friend 💕 She is an absolute food lover and will do anything to earn those treats - making training an absolute breeze!

If you can offer our Miley plenty of cuddle time 🥰 and a backyard for her zoomies 🐶, please register to adopt through her profile below:
https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/613624/dog-miley-auckland?species=dogs¢res=auckland-centre&breed=all&size=all&animal_id=&minAge=&maxAge=&pageNum=1

Want to win an incredible OPPO A94 smartphone?! 🤩

The SPCA Kids’ Photography Competition is now on, and thanks to our friends at OPPO, we have this amazing smartphone to give away – perfect for capturing even more special moments with our fur-friends 🙌

The theme this year is ‘Animals at Home’, so we want to see tamariki taking photos of their furry, feathered or scaly friends living their best lives right at home. Show us how they’re happy, healthy, and enjoying their special spaces ❤️

Learn more and enter here: https://kids.spcaeducation.org.nz/newsletter/

The competition closes Sunday 20 October, so make sure the kids get their entries in soon!

🐶 Meet Oliver 🍀

This handsome boy is on the hunt for his forever home 💚🐾 Our sweet Oliver has been with us since he was just 6 weeks old, after him and his brother were found roaming the streets with no mother in sight. Now he's almost 5 months old and he still hasn't had much interest 💔

Oliver is the biggest cuddle bug, and despite his size he is adamant on being a lap dog. He also loves to explore, run and climb. So if you love adventures or hiking, Oliver could be the perfect companion for you ⚾️💕

Oliver is going to grow into a large dog with lots of energy, so he will need an active family to keep him happy and healthy 🐶 He will also need someone patient while teaching him to be the best boy 🐾🍀

If you think you can provide Oliver with a loving home and family, register to adopt through the link below to meet him today!

https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/613009/puppy-oliver-auckland?species=dogs¢res=auckland-centre&breed=all&size=all&animal_id=&minAge=&maxAge=&pageNum=1

SPCA Cupcake Day is TOMORROW! We’d love to see your creations – remember to share them on social media with the tag 🧁

To everyone who has signed up to bake a difference for the animals – thank you 💙 Every dollar raised from the sale of your baking will go directly to helping us rescue and rehabilitate animals, giving them a second chance at life.

If you’re not a baker, you can still show your support by purchasing from other fundraisers! Head to Bluebells Cakery, The Sugar Dealer, Claire's Secret Kitchen, and The Barkuterie Box online to grab an SPCA-themed treat tomorrow, with some proceeds going right back to supporting our animals.

And if you haven’t signed up to bake yet, there’s still time! Visit cupcakeday.spca.nz to create a fundraising profile or join a team – you can sell your cupcakes on any day up until the end of September 👩‍🍳

Not even 2 weeks into September, and we have already received our first blossoms of kitten season! 🐾🐱

We had our first neonate kittens come into our centre today! How adorable are they?!🥰 Such young kittens will need to be fed around the clock as their mum would do, which is why we are always looking for foster families to help out during this time! 😽

If you are looking to get a taste of being a neonate parent, or have some time to extend a helping paw for our adorable babies, please apply to become a foster parent through our website! More information on what being a foster parent entails is listed on the website below!😇
https://www.spca.nz/volunteer/foster