Animal Welfare

The ARU provides a technical rescue service for trapped animals, working in conjunction with the Wellington SPCA.

A registered charitable society acting on behalf of animals and birds to defend them and protect their rights, and to safeguard them from abuse. Their core objective is to find caring homes for displaced pets.

Animal welfare in New Zealand is an important issue. If you believe animals deserve the same respect given to humans, read on to find out how you can join your local animal welfare organisation and support animal welfare practices in New Zealand.

An animal rights group whose actions are centred on the belief that all animals deserve the right to live their lives free from human domination. This grassroots activist group promotes direct action against all forms of animal abuse.

Established in response to the enormous problem of stray and unwanted cats and kittens in Auckland. This passionate team provides a rescue centre for stray or unwanted cats, and works to educate the public on caring for cats and kittens.

Beagles are smart, gentle and trusting; they're also used for animal testing and research in New Zealand. Help SAFE ban experimentation on beagles.

Discover the animal abuse and cruel reality behind Tegel chickens, creatures that are intensively farmed and are treated as more of a factory item than a living being. View undercover footage and photographs.

Run by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society, the Christchurch Vegetarian Centre provides information, activities and community for vegetarians and vegans living in or visiting Christchurch.

A voluntary organisation devoted solely to cats. The C is for Cats website offers a wide range of professional information on feline health and welfare, plus cat rescue and promotion of cat welfare.

Non-profit organisation that offers unwanted horses and ponies a second chance.

Exposing the duplicity and misleading information circulated by egg producers in New Zealand.

Giving unwanted pets a second leash on life, the Trust is a privately operated service dedicated to the well being and long term care of German Shepherd dogs in New Zealand.

Supporting animal rescuers in New Zealand. Happy Endings provides financial assistance to organisations involved in the rescue of abandoned and unwanted animals.

Humane Society of NZ Inc. Promotes the humane treatment of animals and pets, encourages spaying/nuetering and responsible pet ownership, promotes better legislation for the humane treatrment of animals. Information for prospective volunteers and members and information on our pets available for adoption.

Rescue and rehabilitation, education and training, scientific research.

Finding homes for wild horses that have been captured during the Department of Conservation's annual muster.

The home of New Zealand based animal rights media. Meat Free Media is a voice for the animal rights movement in New Zealand, exposing the facts about what is really going on behind the locked doors of factory farms, slaughterhouses, laboratories and advertising agencies.

An independent charitable organisation operated in association with The NZ Veterinary Association Companion Animal Society. By donating to the Foundation, you can help improve the health and well being of New Zealand's companion animals.

NZCAR is a not for profit animal microchip and repatriation website. The New Zealand Companion Animal Register has been launched by the New Zealand Companion Animal Council to provide an animal repatriation service for pet owners.

A non-profit organisation formed in 1943, aiming to spread the principles of vegetarianism and bring to people's attention the unnecessary cruelty to animals and destruction of the environment caused by a non-vegetarian way of life.

A group of vegetarians and vegans who live in Wellington. They aim to promote vegetarianism as well as to offer social activities, advice and support to our members and those interested in learning about or adopting this healthy and humane lifestyle.

A safe haven for neglected and abused animals. Still in its infancy, Pakuratahi is a small but growing institution that acknowledges farm animals are not stock units but individual sentient beings.

A vegan group based in Christchurch, New Zealand, promoting veganism for ethical, health and ecological reasons.

Empowering compassionate consumers to help New Zealand pigs. Thousands of pigs in New Zealand are kept indoors for their entire lives under oppressive factory-farmed conditions, but why does this happen in a country with plenty of space and an ideal climate for outdoor farming? Find out more from SAFE's LovePigs Campaign site.

A national organisation in New Zealand that actively campaigns to protect the welfare of all animals.