Volunteers needed for appeal

The SPCA is calling for bighearted Kiwis in Marlborough to collect much-needed funds for animals during its annual street appeal.

Hundreds of animal-loving volunteers will take to the streets between March 1-7 to raise funds for New Zealand’s sick, abandoned, and abused animals.

The SPCA’s Street Appeal is the charity’s biggest fundraising event of the year, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for animals in need.

The SPCA was fortunate last year to be able to hold their annual fundraising drive just weeks before the country went into the first lockdown.

This year, volunteers in 25 towns and cities across the country will be taking part.

According to the SPCA, in the past year its Renwick centre had almost 600 animals come through the centre. Over two thirds of their incoming animals in the past year were cats and kittens, with more than 200 kittens coming through the centre’s doors alone.

SPCA chief executive Andrea Midgen says volunteers were the lifeblood of the organisation, and she had no doubt animal lovers would not only donate their time to collect for SPCA, but donate generously as well.

‘‘We are so fortunate to have a wonderful network of people throughout New Zealand who donate their time year after year to collect for us, however we do need more people to join the team in 2021.’’

Signing up for two hours of collecting makes a lifetime of difference for neglected and injured animals across the country.

Pets are welcome to join in on the fun, with dogs, goats, horses, and even a llama and a chicken accompanying their owners in the past and taking part to encourage donations from generous Kiwis.

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Inspectors rescue animals, give them love, care, provide a warm bed at SPCA shelters, give them critical medicine and veterinary support, and help them find new homes.

Volunteers can register at: www.spca.nz

According to the SPCA, in the past year its Renwick centre had almost 600 animals come through the doors.