Mark your calendars
Mark your calendars:
• Monday, 26th April ➜ The VM office will be closed for ANZAC Day
• Thursday, 6th May ➜ Hannah is at Picton Library for our Connect Meetings (bit.ly/connect-6-5)
• Sunday, 9th May ➜ You're invited to join the team at Grovetown Lagoon for a working bee (bit.ly/GLworkbee)
• Friday 21st May ➜ Pink Shirt Day
• Thursday, 27th May ➜ Hannah is back at Picton Library to meet with anyone interested in volunteering (bit.ly/connect-27-5)
• Monday, 7th June ➜ The VM office will be closed for Queen's Birthday
• 20th - 26th June ➜ National Volunteer Week
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⚠️ 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 ❤️