⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️

The Team from SPCA New Zealand

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...
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 ❤️

Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.

If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?

Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?

• Summer
• Winter
• Other - I'll share below

Vote View Results

• 63.1% Summer
  63.1% Complete
• 35.5% Winter
  35.5% Complete
• 1.4% Other - I'll share below
  1.4% Complete

2497 votes

RENTAL TINY HOME STYLE

Marilyn & Wayne from Rangiora

We have our Tiny home in theSefton outskirts (farm location) available for rental beginning March to end of October this year.
Suit a mature couple used to caravaning.
Connected to sewer, water supplied + electricity. Gas is occupants responsibility. Gas hot water, cooking and heating as well as electric heating.
We are renting fully furnished, pot, pans the lot while we are away traveling.
Successful tenants will be approved by us and land owners.
Total package $380.00 per week. Will also need $2500 bond fully refundable as long as no damage and grounds left tidy.
Please email marilynandwayne@gmail.com or ph. 021 1992320 thanks. Marilyn