14 Apr 2010

Eva's Attic is a new shop in Wellington (174 Cuba St) opened under the auspices of the Eva Doucas Charitable Trust. The trustees of the Eva Doucas Charitable Trust are Margaret Doucas and Theresa Gattung.

The shop specializes in up-market and designer brand second hand clothing, with profits going to various charities. If you have any premium quality clothing you no longer wear, and would like to donate it to a number of good causes, Eva's Attic would be very grateful for the donation . The shop is currently staffed by volunteers and has limited opening hours.

Do you have a pet that's out of control? Are you tearing your hair out every time Rover tears another hole in your lounge suite? Do you take your dog for a walk or does he take you for a terrifying run? Fear no more. Help is at hand. Soon

theblacksheep.org may be the solution to your troubles. They are still in the process of building the infrastructure, but feel welcome to visit their website for more information.

A sad story this week. A cat owned by someone close to one of our adoption families had a litter of kittens two weeks ago. Unfortunately mum got run over a few days ago and it wasn't until yesterday that the kittens were found at the back of a shed where mum had hidden them. They were close to dying of starvation by that stage, and sadly only 3 of them have survived so far.

We were contacted and arranged for the kittens to be taken to a vet nearby, who is going to foster them until they can be weaned, meanwhile neutering them and giving them the required shots at a generous discount.

So, if you are wanting a kitten, bookmark this page. One has already been adopted, leaving these two females.

28 Jan 2010

Serendipitous is not a word I would use often, but it perfectly describes what happened yesterday.

Just before lunch I received an email from a couple offering to foster any dogs needing a short term home. Then a couple of hours later another email arrived asking our help finding a foster home for their dog for a few weeks. That had to be the simplest and quickest fostering we have ever done.

I can only wish fostering and adopting out pets could be that quick all the time.