All Paws Count Murupara Trust

...a Feel Good Story to finish off 2024... During Christmas time 2023, I and our emergency foster mum, Cushla, were desperately working on helping a life chained dog ( we called Bea) whoes owner couldn't give a monkey about her existence and basic needs, but yet, it took us weeks to gain her relinquishment. At that time, December 2023, Bea was suffering from mange and flea allergy, which took her numerous months to heal from. Once we gained the ownership of Bea in January, 2024, we struggled to accommodate her. For weeks we put our SOS call through social media till one family came forward... It has been challenging times not for Bea, but for her foster and now forever family and, also, us to get through some changing times, with so many setbacks... Bea's recovery is still ongoing... I, truly, can not THANK ENOUGH our adoptive mum, Olivia and her amazing two kids - Honor & Jake and her super cool dad, Mike, for sticking through thick and thin to give Bea the best chance in life!!!! Here is Bea's update from her loving human mum, Olivia: " We took Bea as a foster in February 2024 after I saw her story pop up on my facebook. From the time we took her, we knew we would never actually be able to let her go! After a few months of severe separation anxiety, likely from her sad past, she has now settled and knows we are her family. She is still slightly anxious by nature but that is because she loves and prefers the company of her human mum (me), human brother and sister. She now has a new fur sibling who is only 12 weeks old and Bea treats her like a daughter even letting her suckle her teet for comfort. Another wee pup has settled Bea even more as she now has a fur friend to play with and teach. Bea shows her new sibling the lay of the land, especially not to touch her food or her ball! She is the most gentle soul, and instinctively knows to be gentle with the puppy. Bea has totally found her happiness and her forever family. We all absolutely adore her. S

😭….sadly, our CATMAS continues... with a new Christmas Eve rescue this morning...😭 Late last night we received a message from a Good Samaritan alerting us to the whereabouts of a feral Feline family in desperate need of help. Stray mama cat gave birth to a litter of kittens under the house of that kind person who contacted us. In their words: "Kia Ora, there are 3 tiny kittens under my house and they look in pretty bad condition - skinny with gunky eyes. Mama cat is a stray. We have been feeding her but it's impossible to get near her. The cat family desperately needs vet help". Last night we managed to secure a placement for the kittens at our cat foster, Emma, in Kawerau not knowing what we are dealing with as a Good Samaritan couldn't take photos. Our mission this morning was to collect the kittens and with no cat trap available at the moment (because people don't return it back to us when we land it to them!) we cannot help mama cat today, but we have already ordered a new trapping cage and hope to receive it in a few days time. Yet again, a collaboration of two animal rescues who are working side by side in a close proximity, saved the day for the tiny ones! Paula, the founder of Kaingaroa Village Animal Rescue, lobbied a family of volunteers to get the kittens from under the house and deliver them to our foster, Emma, in Kawerau (3 hours round trip). Thank You So Much, Paula and your awesome team! We know what a stressful morning you had at your headquarters! In the meantime, our foster Emma, made an isolation facility at hers for the sick kittens and managed to get an appointment at our vets in Whakatane (2 hours round trip) as all our close by vets were overbooked. Our cat foster mum, Emma, was in shock when she saw the kittens and her first priority was to give them first aid and nourishment. The vet doctor gave us a choice of euthenasia but after a good discussion, Emma and I decided to fight for these 3 little lives. The two black kitte

🆘 DO YOU RECOGNISE THIS DOG? 🆘 At 7am this morning this young female dog was delivered to the doorsteps of our emergency foster home in Murupara. A Good Samaritaine picked up this skinny thing yesterday by a one lane bridge, just out of Waiohau, towards Whakatane - a place, well known to us, as a dumping ground for unwanted dogs. We DO NOT HAVE ANY SPACE to accommodate any dogs at the moment as our emergency foster home is totally overloaded with our long stay rescue dogs! This lovely timid girl is currently kept in our trust car!!!! DESPERATE & STRESSED we are is understatement!!!! If you can HELP, even temporarily, till we get our heads around what to do and sort out a long stay foster, please reach out by PM or a phone call! Ph: 021-160 5329 If this is your dog, please, contact us asap! Our emergency foster mum, Cushla, is taking the dog to the vets as we speak to scan for microchip if there is one. 🛑 PLEASE SHARE & HELP!!!! 🛑

🙏 The moment we have been waiting for.... 🙏 Reunion of a "lost soul' Diamond and his beloved owner, Claudia! It has been a nervous wait for all of us for the last 3 days full of communications to make sure that every step of Diamond's trip "home" goes smoothly. At 5:40am on Thurthday morning our emergency foster mum, Cushla, handed over Diamond to the amazing team of A4dibble Pet Transport at the pick up point in Rotorua. The following day at 4:05pm, Diamond arrived in Christchurch and was welcomed by our volunteer Deanne, who delivered him to her friend Di (once she finished work) where Diamond had a very needed sleepover. After a lovely morning walk and a breakfast, Diamond was collected by our other volunteer, Gretchen and her partner, who offered to do the last leg of the relay (5 and a half hours drive) to Alexandra, Central Otago. Ever since we picked up Diamond from the streets of Murupara more than a week ago, this gentle boy was wondering what was happening to him but was very accommodating , going with the flow... What Diamond didn't know was that there was Christmas Magic happening behind the scenes trying to get him reunited with his beloved owner - they were a world apart! The photo and video footage below says it all... I would like to take this opportunity to THANK from the bottom of Claudia and her parents hearts every single one of you who made this Christmas Magic and Memories happen! Our numerous supporters donated towards Diamond's travel expenses, THANK YOU SO MUCH! A4dibble Pet Transport - you guys are amazing and the support you provided me is sooo appreciated! The Super Crew in Murupara: Mere, Cushla, Pa & Les - You guys are the core and hands on of this mission impossible and I cannot THANK YOU enough for your commitment and hard work! South Island Volunteers, who I haven't met, but felt a very strong connection with: Deanne, Di, Gretchen & partner - You guys made everything go so smoothly for the second part of Diamond's

😞 It's beginning to look a lot like CATMAS 😞 This holiday season, we haven't stopped rescuing Felines in desperate need of our help and yesterday was another stressful day..... From Sunday morning our trustee, Heather, a volunteer and a Good Samaritan have been hands on busy with our new rescue mission to save, care and accommodate two young mama cats with their litters of kittens (total 10). We truly believe that two Feline mamas are siblings and had their litters of kittens in a short proximity of time from each other. The older litter of 4 kittens are approximately 3 weeks old, the young ones are only a few days old. The kitty families were found in a very secluded corner of a Good Samaritan's garage. Not only that our trustee Heather spent all day yesterday, trying to reach out to wider NZ cat rescues in order to accomodate our new intake of 12 cats as we simply don't have the space, but she and our volunteer had a trip to Rotorua today to get some very necessary supplies for the Felines. There was, also, a lot of networking going behind the scene to accommodate these kitties as we, honestly, in desperate need for cat foster families!!! Once again, we had to reach out for help to cat rescues in wider NZ! Was it easy? The answer is NO.... Tomorrow, early morning, a family of a mama cat & 6 newborns will be travelling to Team @Kiwi Kitty Kartell in Taranaki - around a 9 hours trip!!! On Saturday morning, a mama cat and her 4 kitties, who are 3 weeks old, will be travelling to Team @CARE NZCommunity, Animal Rescue & Education. Some of you might think, what is the big deal about it?! Well, apart from all the obvious, every single rescue of ours comes with a financial cost (no brainer, right?). Today's funds spent (invoices attached) and petrol $$ needed for travels: KMart: $79 Petstock: $122.79 Petrol (today): $95 (today) Petrol for the trip to Taranaki: $200 Petrol to Taupo: $60 TOTAL: $556,79 Any HELP would be greatly appreciated and are so thank

‼️ Calling all companion animal lovers ‼️ Have you ever parted with your companion animal for one reason or another?! Be it a dog, a cat, a horse, a rabbit, etc… Was it a heartbreaking experience for you when you couldn’t wait to be reunited with your four legged friend and a family member?! That’s where a lovely boy “Diamond” and his beloved owner are at the moment! They are worlds apart - Diamond is currently in Murupara, Bay of Plenty, North Island and his only human, who he dearly loves, is in Alexandra, Central Otago, South Island. The circumstances which left them parted are awfully sad in themselves. Due to respect of Dimond’s owner, we are not in the position to share it with you. Lonely Diamond was roaming around streets of Murupara in search of his owner for quite some time now. In the meantime, his owner is beside themselves and reached out to us for help, in total despair and desperation! Few days ago, with the help of our volunteer Mere and emergency foster mum, Cushla, we managed to locate Diamond and keep him safe. In the meantime, I was working hard to come up with a plan, how to get Diamond to South Island. As luck would have it, A4ddible Pet Transport just announced a special additional pre-Christmast trip from Auckland to Christchurch 19-22nd December. They also managed to make room for Diamond after hearing my plea with the urgency to get this goofy boy down South. So far, we have transportation sorted to Christchurch and I am desperately looking for a volunteer down South who might be able to help to transport Diamond from Christchurch to Alexanda, Central Otago. Please send us a PM if you can HELP! Diamond has already received worm/flea treatments, we started treating his dog bites wounds and put him on a good diet. He is booked at our vets on Tuesday to have an annual booster vaccination (Parvo), microchipping and desexing procedure. The cost for his A4dibble Pet transport is $150. We would really appreciat

‼️ FOSTER HOME NEEDED ‼️ It has been over a week since we rescued this lovely young girl, found in rural Waiohau, Bay of Plenty. Sadly, we could not locate her owner as "Koko" (the name given by a Good Samaritan) was not microchipped. After a legal period of 7 days, Koko is now in our care. Shy but gentle, longing for a kind touch, Koko has been so easy to take care of. This lovely girl is so gentle to the point that 3 cats at her current temporary foster home are her friends. We are URGENTLY looking for a FOSTER or Foster to ADOPT home for this young girl! Please PM us if you can HELP!!! Koko went through her desexing & microchipping procedure yesterday and is recovering well. Last week she had a trip to the vets and had her initial vaccinations, worm & flea treatments. The total for 2 Vet Bills is $477.91 (Invoices attached) We are struggling financially and with Christmas only 2 weeks away we don't get many donations coming in at the moment. Please think about our rescue animals! A/c Name: All Paws Count Murupara Trust A/c No: 02-0412-0190306-000 Ref: Koko PayPal: [email protected] Thank you for your support! 🙏🎄

UPDATE: Mama Rosie & 7 Pups 🐶🐾 For those of you who followed the story of a very pregnant mama Rosie, the one who was in our care for less than 24 hours while we were transporting her from Hamilton to Blenheim in the middle of October, just a week before she gave birth to a litter of 7 pups. Rosie and her new arrival have been cared for by amazing Team Marlborough Four Paws and I (now being in Marlborough) had the opportunity to spend sometime with the most gorgeous and attention loving, Rosie and her absolutely adorable bundles of joy - super healthy and irresistibly huggable 7, almost identical, pups! The other day I was helping Gabby (Marlborough Four Paws) to take the 7 chunky monkeys to Springlands Veterinary Centre (who are now our new vets in Marlborough) for their first vaccination and microchipping. In the words of Dr Jeremy: "This is the most laid-back and quiet litter we ever had from you guys (meaning MFP)!" While each and every pup was thoroughly examined, which took a good hour and all the necessaries were done, the spongy bunch was snoring away and couldn't care less! At the same time, mama Rosie was having a welcome break from the demanding children! Team Marlborough Four Paws are currently taking expressions of interest for pup's adoptions and having meet & greets. If you are located in Marlborough or nearby areas and are interested in adopting one of Rosie's pups, please send Marlborough Four Paws a PM to complete their adoption application. Mama Rosie will be desexed once the pups are gone and prior to her adoption. It has been a journey for this gentle girl and her new litter and we are so proud to have played a small part in it! Good luck Rosie & 7 chunky monkeys! 🐾🐾🐾

😢 Today's rescue: Kitten with a broken leg 😢 At 11:30 this morning, I received a phone call from a member of the public in Murupara, asking if we can help a cat who turned up at Murupara shops and can hardly stand! While that Good Samaritan was staying and comforting the injured kitty, who was already munching on some donated fish from our local fish'n'chips Little Vic's Takeaways, our trustee Heather, in no time, organised herself and our volunteer Yaz to pick up the kitty and deliver him/her to our cat foster Vanessa (Paws Purrfection) in Rotorua. We don't know what had happened to the kitten and when, but it is obvious to see with the naked eye that the kitten's left hind leg is broken. On arrival at Vanessa's the kitty (who we didn't want to stress out, checking for gender) received a very much needed pain relief and I have already been in contact with our vet doctor for him/her to be seen. We would like to say our Huge Thank You to a Good Samaritan who took the time and effort to save this kitty. We have a lot of roaming dogs by the shops in Murupara and this snow white kitten wouldn't have a chance to survive and would have died in the most horrific way, if it wasn't for them! While we are busy saving lives, our trust bank account is draining at lightning speed! The initial trip to the vets will have a price tag of at least $250 covering x-ray, worm/flea treatment. Petrol today was $40. We alo don't have donated cat food or litter, so any donations are very welcome! Your monetary Donation can be made to our trust account: A/c Name: All Paws Count Murupara Trust A/c No: 02-0412-0190306-000 Ref: White kitty PayPal: [email protected] If you would like to donate cat/kitten food, bedding, cat litter, toys or any other Feline related items, please PM us. Thank you for your support! 🐾🙏

🐾 UPDATE: Bailey 🐾 Our newly rescued boy, Bailey, had a busy and exciting day today! He traveled to Rotorua with our emergency foster mum Cushla, met some strange people, had a meet and greet with a rescue doggy, and took a walk in a park!!!! We were concerned about the state of Bailey's skin, so we thought further treatments might be needed. We believe that Bailey is suffering from flea allergy and a secondary skin infection, so a course of antibiotics, medicated shampoo and follow up worm/flea treatment were prescribed for him today. Also, our lovely boy muscled up through a big needle of a microchip and was super accommodating at the vets. In the words of Dr David: "What a lovely boy Bailey is!" After his vet appointment Cushla took Bailey to meet a female dog, kindly organised by Paula - the founder of Kaingaroa Village Animal Rescue. We so do appreciate Paula's help in every aspect of our "transaction" period and can't thank her enough to make the time in her busy rescue schedule to assess Bailey with meeting other dogs! Our friendly boy was very eager to meet Honey and didn't show any signs of discomfort or aggression, just wanted to make friends, which we were pleased about. We are hoping that with more introductions to his own kind, things will start falling into the right places for this gorgeous boy. To finish off the big day, Bailey had a quiet walk on the long lead at the park with Cushla and enjoyed every minute of it! Tomorrow morning he will have his first medicated shampoo treatment and we are hoping that with all meds and TLC our lovely boy will recover soon. Our vet bill today was $210.70 We also had to fill our fuel tank $84 Please consider donating towards Bailey's vet and petrol expenses as we are running on credit at the moment! A/c Name: All Paws Count Murupara Trust A/c No: 02-0412-0190306-000 Ref: Bailey Thank you for your support and let's get this lovely boy to better health! 🙏🐾

🐾 Teen pups: Potiki, Rangi & Luxton 🐾 📣 Foster or Foster to Adopt Needed! 📣 These beautiful 3 teen pups came to our care 2 weeks before our relocation. With no time to dedicate our fb post for them, I was already busy with their desexing procedure, vaccinations and microchipping, which they just have recovered well from. "Potiki" (girl), "Rangi" (chocolate boy) & Luxton (white boy) are approximately 9 month old German Shorthaired Pointer X American Staffy. All 3 pups have gentle & kind personalities, they can be a little shy with new people at first, but quickly warm up to a kind person. Once you get to know these sweethearts, you will be completely in love! All of them are good around children and other dogs, they are not tested with cats. Pretty girl Potiki is super gentle with people and kids. Handsome boy Rangi loves to fetch balls and it's his favorite activity. Loving boy Luxton loves going for walks with his siblings. Unfortunately, Luxton was hit by a car a couple of months ago and his hind left leg is still recovering, so his walks are very short at the moment. The original x-rays didn't show any broken bones. He will be seen by our orthopedic vet doctor tomorrow to assess the progress of his recovery. We are looking for 3 separate Foster or Foster to Adopt families for these siblings. If you are interested in any of these teen pups, please send us a PM. WE ARE VERY DESPERATE to get them into foster care or better - find them a loving forever home! The pups are desexed, fully vaccinated (Parvo, Lepro, Kennel Cough), regularly worm/flea treated, microchipped and NZCAR registered.

📣 Our latest rescue - "Bailey" 📣 When life hits you hard awful things start to happen to you and your loved ones. Make you fall to your knees. Your mind takes you to places which you never knew existed. Nothing matters.... Nobody matters... and Nothing heals you... 😢😢😢 That's exactly what happened to a family who we are trying to HELP! Sadly, our new rescue boy "Bailey" was on the receiving end of "life hits you hard" too as some of his needs were overlooked unintentionally and his skin deteriorated, being affected by mange, and he was missing out on very much needed attention. Since yesterday afternoon our emergency foster Cushla in conjunction with Paula (Kaingaroa Village Animal Rescue) have been communicating with the owner who has been very accommodating, co-operating and appreciative of our help. This morning Bailey was taken to be seen by the vets, assisted by his owners and Cushla. The family took care of the vet bill and agreed to transfer Bailey into our care, as they came to a sad realisation, that to love Bailey they need to let him go, as currently, they are not in the place of their life when they can give him adequate care and a happy life. Bailey is just under 4 years old, Staffy X. He is a lovely, friendly and happy chap, who is great around young children and other dogs. Our First Priority is to get Bailey to a better health before putting him through the desexing procedure. We are URGENTLY looking for a FOSTER HOME 🚨 Please, good people, open your hearts for Bailey! Everything will be provided and you, as our foster, will have our ongoing support and commitment! Who knows, you might just fall in love with this happy go lucky boy and will become our foster fortune! Let's make this boy handsome again before Christmas!!!! Please PM or call us on Ph: 021-160 5329 if you can HELP to foster or foster to adopt Bailey! 🙏💙🐾