It's always a thrill to release our rehabilitated birds back into their familiar environments... and little Ice was no exception. ???? (See previous post for his story).

Once he took to the skies, we celebrated with one of Island Gelato Company 's 12 delicious dairy-free icecreams.

Every week, we need a $50 sack of seed for the dozens of birds we care for. If you are able to cover this cost for us, or to donate a sack, we would be very grateful/ .

Credit card donations may be made to our Givealittle account: http://www.givealittle.co.nz/org/animalrehoming

Online transfers or counter donations may be made to:
Animal Re-homing Charitable Trust
ASB Account number:
12 3059 0650626 00

Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing (or retaining) street pigeons, ranging from chicks to seniors, is a big part of our workload and cost.

We have decided to share the story of Ice.

He was begging for icecream cone scraps at Island Gelato Co on the Auckland city ferry terminal.

He was thin, and struggling to walk due to large wads of human hair tangled around his feet. With patience, we handcaught him and he traveled in our backpack by ferryboat to our North Shore animal shelter.

We gently cut away the mass of hair and debris, only to discover that a toe on each foot was without circulation and would self-amputate without intervention.

We lacked the magnifying eye glasses and fine tools to remove the deeply embedded material, so reached out to vet Steve, at East Coast Bays Vet.

Steve kindly and expertly hooked out the remaining tightly wrapped hair strands and Ice's toes were turning from white to a healthier red within an hour.

Now our task was to keep those toes clean and to build up Ice's body condition with plentiful healthy nutrition prior to taking him back to his home. See the first comment for a video clip.

Please come back tomorrow for a video of little Ice being released to his home territory after his recovery.

Many thanks to trustee, Paul, to volunteer, Nadja, and to vet, Steve, for playing crucial roles in Ice's rescue

Driven by public demand and tragic deaths, our last government introduced a ban on live animal export by sea.

Our new government is threatening to bring back that horrifically cruel trade.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/79ff1ae2-f2e8-43c5-6c98-08dc33f5abe2

13/3/24
Only 93 days left to sign.
Thank you.

It was heartwarming to see many of our volunteers and supporters at the recent Auckland street march to protect the live animal export ban. Marches were simultaneously in progress all over Aotearoa New Zealand.

Tragically, the current government intends to overthrow the ban and resume this horrifically cruel trade.

Animals are subject to weeks long harrowing sea voyages where many are injured, lay in their own excrement, and lose their lives. They suffer heat exhaustion and hypothermia. The whole ordeal is torture for them.

On arrival in countries with few or no animal welfare laws, the survivors suffer miserable lives and terrifying deaths.

Please revisit us for the date of the next march. Carpooling will be available from Browns Bay.