SPCA Far North

SPCA Far North SPCA Far North page covers our Kerikeri Centre and the areas from Towai to Cape Reinga

23/12/2024

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has been a part of our SPCA Far North village this year 💐

The tireless dog walkers, dog and cat cuddlers (and cleaners) and Op Shop volunteers who all so generously give their time and energy, and our amazing foster families who have opened their homes and hearts to our most vulnerable babies. You have all made a huge difference to the animals in our care, and helped us save as many lives as possible.

And of course, a special thank you to those who have adopted one of our animals this year 🐾

Have a wonderful Christmas break with your loved ones, rest and enjoy, we look forward to seeing you all after the holidays. And btw, you may just spot some familiar faces in the video 😉

Hope you’re all enjoying the Northland summer! Just a little request to please consider leaving some containers of water...
22/12/2024

Hope you’re all enjoying the Northland summer! Just a little request to please consider leaving some containers of water out for birds, animals and insects in your neighbourhood 💧

🐥 Bird baths off the ground are great, but it doesn’t have to be that fancy. You can leave shallow containers of water up on top of tree stumps, fence posts etc for our feathered friends. Or hang suitable containers from trees.

🦔 Recycle plastic containers (such as takeaway containers or ice cream ones) to fill with water and leave them around the garden (in the shade) for our ground dwelling creatures.

🐝 Bees also struggle to find water when it’s dry, so a shallow dish filled with stones above the water level (so they can perch on them and don’t fall in and drown) will really help them out 💕 They look pretty in the garden and making them is a great school holiday project with the kids!

🍅 Placing water for birds and bees in your vegetable garden is perfect 👌 You might not want to attract birds to your prize tomatoes, but often when they peck fruit & veges it’s actually water they are looking for, so giving them a source can actually help save your veges! And the grateful bees will repay you by pollinating the plants 🌸

Keep the water topped up every couple of days, and you’ll really be helping our garden dwelling friends this summer 🌞 If you have other tips to share, please tell us in the comments

Little Ren left on a trial adoption this afternoon, and Lenny was adopted on Friday. They are lucky to be out and gettin...
17/12/2024

Little Ren left on a trial adoption this afternoon, and Lenny was adopted on Friday. They are lucky to be out and getting a lovely Christmas with their new families 💕

Last week wasn’t great. 3 more dumped puppies brought in, plus a 2 week old kitten found in a trash bin in town 🤬 Thankf...
16/12/2024

Last week wasn’t great. 3 more dumped puppies brought in, plus a 2 week old kitten found in a trash bin in town 🤬 Thankfully someone heard his cries.

Seriously Northland, we will happily desex your animals for FREE, please take us up on that by calling 09 407 7515 🙏🙏🙏 And please don’t dump them, it’s a very cruel death from dehydration and starvation 😭

So we know it’s a long shot this close to Christmas but we would really love to hear from anyone able to foster one of these little puppies please. The kitten is ok as he’s being bottle fed by our wonderful Centre Manager.

Growing up in a concrete pen is really detrimental to the puppies’ behaviour development so we would love to be able to get them out. Plus we need to have space to take in the next lot of dumped pups.

Please message us through the page if you’re able to help! 🤞🤞🤞 All costs are covered by us

14/12/2024

This has gotta be the cutest thing you’ll see today!

We had 3 little ducklings brought in to our centre, and a staff member had the brilliant idea to trial them with one of our broody hens, she has now officially adopted them as her own 💕💕

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13/12/2024

This is our very special Frank, he’s been through a lot in his young life so far and he deserves a wonderful forever home 💕💕

Come in and meet him at our Adoption Weekend happening this Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December. We are open both days 10am - 4pm at 45 Sandys Road Waipapa.

Adopting a dog or cat from us means that we can then free up that animal’s pen to save another one, so you’re actually saving 2 lives.

You can help Frank by sharing his video far and wide!

We’re so happy for Ivan 🥰
12/12/2024

We’re so happy for Ivan 🥰

📣 Adoption Weekend Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 📣We would love to see some of our beautiful dogs and cats/kitte...
10/12/2024

📣 Adoption Weekend Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 📣

We would love to see some of our beautiful dogs and cats/kittens find their forever families in time for Christmas 🎄

We will be open 10am - 4pm both days at 45 Sandys Road, Waipapa.

Our longest staying resident is the incredibly handsome Alexei (first pic), he is sadly approaching the milestone of having been at our shelter for a whole year 😓 We can’t understand why he hasn’t been adopted yet, he is such a gorgeous boy with a happy and friendly personality. So we would especially love to find his forever home, the link to his profile is on his photo below.

These are just a few of the faces in our centre, still waiting to be chosen. Please share to spread the word! 🙏

⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️ It's a message we share time and time again, and this ye...
08/12/2024

⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️ It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.

Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.

Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.

SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz/dogsdieinhotcars.

We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.

This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.

On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️

08/12/2024

🎅🐾 "Paws and Joy: Give the Gift of Love This Christmas!" 🐾🎅

This holiday season, let’s make tails wag and hearts shine brighter at the Far North SPCA. Here’s how you can spread the cheer:

🥎 Donate delight – Toys, soft blankets, or tasty treats are the perfect way to make their holiday special.
🐕 Be a Christmas hero – Open your heart and home for a few days and give a shelter dog or kitten the gift of a little adventure, comfort, and love.

Drop off donations at 45 Sandys Road, Waipapa, or call us at 09 407 7515 to give a dog or cat the best gift of all—your time and care.
Together, we can make this Christmas a paws-itively magical one! 🐾 ❤️ 🌲

Photo of the week 😂 Caption this one!With pretty little Waffle and lovable Lenny
08/12/2024

Photo of the week 😂 Caption this one!

With pretty little Waffle and lovable Lenny

Long post ahead…. ☕️ Hey Northland, these are the pups that everyone has been waiting for!Willow came into our centre as...
06/12/2024

Long post ahead…. ☕️

Hey Northland, these are the pups that everyone has been waiting for!

Willow came into our centre as an emaciated young Mum feeding her 3 gorgeous babies and she did an amazing job.

Whisky, Wesley and little Waffle are the puppies that everyone has been interested in when they come to view the dogs in our shelter, for legal reasons we have been unable to adopt them out until NOW! They are 6 months old now, they are desexed and ready to find their forever homes.

Willow is a little over 2 years old, we think she is a Kelpie mix. She was completely shut down when she arrived and had obviously had some very rough treatment so she was scared of all humans. She is very shy and anxious with strangers, but once she feels safe and puts her trust in someone she is just the sweetest girl and will stick by your side like Velcro. She needs time, patience and understanding, and in return you will have an amazingly loyal dog for life. 💕💕

Willow has a best friend in the shelter (Indigo, another dog who came in as an emaciated Mum with her own puppies ) and our Christmas dream would be for them to be adopted together. We’ve nicknamed them the “coffee Mums”. Willow is also close with her son Whisky, so they could be adopted together too. Going home with another dog would really help Willow to make the transition to outside life a lot easier. But if you are interested in only adopting Willow by herself we are definitely open to that.

Please share far and wide to give these beautiful natured dogs the best chance of finding their forever people 🙏

The link to apply for each one is on their photo below, their website profile has more information about each dog’s personality. Willow is not yet visible on the website but she will be by next week.
💙🐾💙🐾💙

03/12/2024

We’ve thankfully been able to sign up 2 new fosters who have taken 3 of our J litter puppies in - the young sickly ones who came in a few days ago. So we are very grateful to Simone & David, and also Olivia 🙏 But we still need one more foster please as the last little puppy is all alone at our centre now 😓

Is there anyone interested in giving him a foster home? There is no cost involved as we supply everything he needs. If so please message us via the page and we will send you an application, you will be making a massive difference in his life 💙

Sweet little Daisy was adopted this afternoon, so happy for her 🌼 Big thanks to Sarah, and then Holly and her family for...
02/12/2024

Sweet little Daisy was adopted this afternoon, so happy for her 🌼 Big thanks to Sarah, and then Holly and her family for fostering Daisy and giving her a place to go when we were completely full 🙏

Puppies!!The babies that we took in several weeks ago after they were found dumped in a Northland forest (at the age of ...
02/12/2024

Puppies!!

The babies that we took in several weeks ago after they were found dumped in a Northland forest (at the age of just 3 weeks old 😢) are now ready for adoption! They are all currently in lovely foster homes so their socialising and training is well underway. If you would like to meet one please let us know and we will arrange that with their foster parents. They are approximately 12 weeks old now, of mixed breed and will be medium to large sized dogs.

We also have the gorgeous Riona who was found dumped with these puppies, but they are not hers so their circumstances are a bit of a mystery. Riona is approximately 8 months old and we think she is a Staffy cross. She is an absolute sweetheart, and is on the smaller side of medium. Riona is currently in our centre so you can come in and meet her anytime 10am-4pm.

A link to make an application is on each of their photos below

Monica is our longest staying resident, having spent almost 11 months at our centre. But today she left for Auckland on ...
01/12/2024

Monica is our longest staying resident, having spent almost 11 months at our centre.
But today she left for Auckland on a trial adoption!! Happy tears for staff when we said goodbye to this gorgeous girl, we knew you’d find your forever people some day Monica 🥹

We have been asked to help rehome Simba , one of our ex SPCA dogs. Here is what Simba’s owners say about him: Simba is v...
30/11/2024

We have been asked to help rehome Simba , one of our ex SPCA dogs. Here is what Simba’s owners say about him:

Simba is very smart and eager to please. He is fully house-trained and responds quickly to sit, down, stay, come, shake and roll-over. He loves to play fetch and go for walks. He is a healthy boy, desexed, fully vaccinated and microchipped.

Simba is used to people being home with him most of the time and sleeping inside on his rug. He would best suit a home with a fully fenced yard. He would probably not suit a household with cats or other small pets. He’s used to living happily with an older dog. He's never been exposed to horses, chickens, sheep, etc. so I'm not sure how he'd do with them. I think he would love kids, but he has never been around very small children. He pretty much loves anyone who gives him treats!

He is 6 years old and medium-sized of mixed breed.

If you are interested in this lovely boy please message our page and we will put you in touch with his owner 🐾

29/11/2024

Our pregnant mumma Ava gave birth to 5 gorgeous little babies on Tuesday morning, Ava is a super smoochy cat so her babies will be equally gorgeous in nature (Ava was busy eating at the time of the video).
This was taken just a few hours after they arrived 💕💕

We have loads of kittens waiting in the wings now, the first 2 (girls) are being desexed early next week so they will be available for adoption by Thursday . Then the next litter will be ready for adoption approximately 2 more weeks after that- we know that lots of people have been wanting kittens! Their lovely Mums will also be needing forever homes once they have been desexed too, they are also quite young cats themselves so please keep them in mind too 🙏

And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, please remember that it is completely FREE to have your animals desexed with one of our vouchers! Just call the centre 09 407 7515 and we will sort that for you 🐾

Address

45 Sandys Road
Kerikeri

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+6494077515

Website

https://www.spca.nz/

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