#Act4 Pets Mittens first won attention in 2018 after repeatedly wandering inner-city dwellings, including the university, the post office, and a Catholic church. Celebrity cat called Mittens in the running to be New Zealander of the year 24 August 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals The NZAVS is pushing for sweeping changes that could spell the end of animal testing and other harmful uses of animals in science. The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) Pushes for end of Animal Testing 18 August 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Farrowing crates which contain mother pigs on factory farms are in violation of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and for the first time in NZ history SAFE is going to court to prove this. Petition: New Zealand's NGOs are going to court to prove that farrowing crates are illegal 12 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A population of North Island robins in a New Zealand sanctuary provides a unique system for investigating the memory skills of birds in the wild. Wild birds remember a novel task for nearly two years 24 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals New Zealand chicken farmers are concerned about the future after the discovery of a poultry disease jeopardised the multi-million dollar export market, an industry executive says. New Zealand's billion dollar chicken farming industry concerned for its future after virus outbreak 25 October 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Conservation research shows humans are ‘loving the dolphins too much’ in Bay of Islands region New Zealand bans swimming with bottlenose dolphins 28 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Government is considering banning the trade in live cattle exports, worth $30 million last year. New Zealand Government may ban live cattle exports 11 June 2019
The global exotic pet trade is a growing multibillion-dollar industry that’s having a devastating impact on wildlife populations across the world. Quarter of exotic pet owners in New Zealand did no research before buying 4 February 2019 WAP