Grass collector/cleaner/lab tech
We have a permanent part time position going for a reliable person 3-7 hours per week on Wednedays and Thursdays cutting grass rain or shine by hand to feed one of our insect colonies and cleaning or insect laboratory. You'll need your own car and we'll provide the cutters, a boot liner and gumboots if you don't have any. The cleaning is 3 hours on Thursday. Not a requisite but there's an opportunity to work with insects and pack them up for dispatch to customers when regular staff go on holiday (up to 8 weeks annually at 20+ hours per week). $26.10 per hour plus some tax free mileage allowance for your car. Come and join our small 'family' team at Biosuppliers by contacting Mike, email bio@pl.net with your phone number and brief comments as to your interest and availability please. All applications will be answered.
We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
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 ❤️