Give up coffee for Chained Dogs

Chained Dog Awareness in NZ (CDANZ) is a registered charity that is fighting to end the life-chaining of dogs in New Zealand. We are currently the only charity that specialises in working with Chained Dogs predominantly, and have gained many years of experience and expertise in this area. All of the people working with CDANZ are volunteers who give their time freely to help those who can’t speak for themselves.

Since 2001, Chained Dog Awareness has continued to help abused and neglected dogs in New Zealand and worked to free them from a life on a chain. We have successfully rescued and re-homed hundreds of dogs and exposed their plight to the public.

We provide education & support to those owners willing to accept help, so that their dogs can continue to live with them & have happier lives. We hope that by showing people that, with proper care and attention, dogs can be wonderful family members who can bring so much pleasure to their lives. We also rescue dogs when they cannot stay with their owners, either because the neglect is too much, or because the owner acknowledges that they are unable to properly care for their dog. When dogs are relinquished to us, we rehabilitate & re-home them to homes where they will be loved & treated like a member of the family.

The Chained Dog Awareness NZ Trust was created in 2001 to inform people of the increasing number of dogs that are permanently chained or locked away and for whom existence is a living hell.

We ensure that someone speaks up for them and we attempt to alleviate their suffering. We ultimately wish to see a total ban on life-chaining in New Zealand.