Kōrero: Animal welfare and rights

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• Animal Re-homing

  Animal Re-homing helps rehome all kinds of animals, from mice to horses.

• The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary

  An Ōtaki sanctuary which rehabilitates and rehomes abused, injured and abandoned animals.

• Cats Protection League

  The website for the Canterbury branch of the Cats Protection League.

• Chained Dog Rehabilitation & Rehoming NZ

  The Facebook page of a registered charity which educates people about dogs that are permanently chained or locked away and neglected. They also help to rehabilitate and rehome dogs placed in their care.

• Greyhound Protection League of New Zealand

  The website of the organisation that opposes greyhound racing in New Zealand.

• HUHA – Helping You Help Animals

  The website for HUHA Animal Sanctuary includes information and fun facts about animals as well as information about community events.

• Humane Society

  The Humane Society of New Zealand is a volunteer organisation which rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes and animals.

• New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society

  The website of the society that is working towards the abolition of vivisection.

• Companion Animals NZ

  The website of an umbrella organisation for animal welfare and rights groups.

• New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies

  The New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies (NZCHAS) draws on a wide range of disciplines and explores new ways of thinking about animals, and about human–animal relationships. It also advocates for the interests and agency of animals.

• Open Rescue

  The New Zealand Open Rescue Collective investigates factory farming, rescues animals and educates the public about factory-farming conditions.

• Paw Justice

  Paw Justice aims to eliminate animal abuse.

• SPCA

  The website for a charity that investigates animal cruelty and provides help for animals and owners.

• SAFE for Animals

  SAFE aims to improve animals’ lives by raising awareness and changing attitudes.

• Sea Shepherd

  The website for an organisation that promotes conservation of marine wildlife.

• Cats Protection Wellington

  The website for the Wellington branch of the Cats Protection League.

• World Animal Protection

  World Animal Protection works directly with animals, people and organisations to address animal cruelty. Their vision is to create a world in which animals live free from suffering.

• ZooCheck NZ

  ZooCheck aims to prevent the physical and psychological suffering of wildlife in captivity.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Potts, Annie, Philip Armstrong and Deidre Brown. A New Zealand book of beasts: animals in our history, culture and everyday life. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2013.

• Singer, Peter. Animal Liberation: a new ethics for our treatment of animals. Harper Collins, 1975 (40th anniversary edition 2015).

• Swarbrick, Nancy. Creature comforts: New Zealanders and their pets: an illustrated history. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2013.

• Thornburrow, Veronika. The compassionate years: an introduction to the history of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Auckland: RNZSPCA, 1993.