Please help ARNNZ to pay spay/neuter bills for Liz's workplace colony cats!

My name is Ana and I'm a founder of Animal Rescue Network New Zealand. Me and my friends saw a need to start animal rescue group in Dunedin and in January 2015 began trapping, neutering, and re-homing kittens and cats. We soon became aware of the scale of the stray cat problem in the city. ARNNZ became an incorporated charitable trust in June 2015. ARNNZ is committed to reducing the stray cat overpopulation using two approaches: 1. TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return), kittens under the age of 8 weeks can be socialized and re-homed. 2. Educating the community about the consequences of not de-sexing their pets. ARNNZ relies on donations to carry out this work and we do this without any premises. All of our rescues are fostered in private homes by volunteers.

In January 2015 Cat Rescue Dunedin was formed by a small group of Dunedin residents who had seen the need for someone to begin helping the wild-born and abandoned cats and kittens living on the streets of Dunedin.

We became a charitable trust in June 2015, and since then we have desexed and rehomed hundreds of kittens which would otherwise have been left to breed uncontrollably. We were formerly known as the Animal Rescue Network NZ.

We are committed to reducing the wild-born and stray cat population through a combination of TNR and adoption.

Cats which are unable to be socialized to live with people can be humanely managed by a process known as trap, neuter, return (TNR). This means that the cats are desexed and returned to their environment where a caretaker feeds and monitors the cats to ensure their continued wellbeing. Desexing the cats ensures that their numbers don't increase, and over time the colony size reduces naturally.

Our long-term aim is to have our own shelter but until then all of our cats and kittens are fostered in private homes until they are ready for adoption.