 A huge THANK YOU to Stuart and Debbie Hampton for the very generous donation of a woodburner for our sanctuary house! We will be able to keep our indoor animals warm and snug whilst keeping our bills low! Wonderful!! Add Comment  Opportunity for Animals is holding a huge fundraising jumble sale - and you are invited! Lots of great bargains, snacks and more! Opportunity for Animals $5 Fill-A-Bag Jumble Sale Fundraiser 10.30am till 3pm, Saturday 15th June 2013Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Wellington A great range of clothing and accessories all at $5 fill a bag! Special bargains 2pm till 3pm. Mountains of great stuff! Please tell your friends! We hope to see you there! Toa, the little piggy, meets Horrace, Doris and Brian, much bigger piggies, for the first time06/02/2013
 The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary Otaki's next working bee will be on Saturday 23 March (Sunday if wet), from 10 am onwards. All welcome ! Here's the plan: 10 - 11am Meet the animals and guided sanctuary tours 11-11.30 Morning tea 11.30-1.30 Morning working bee 1.30-2.30 Lunch 2.30- 5.30 Afternoon working bee Tasks for the working bee include: Making a hard base for the pigs to protect their hooves in winter Working on the wild cat zones Clearing more gorse and blackberry, thistles etc Picking up animal poo Fencing If by any chance you have a trailer that you could bring, that would be wonderful - we'll need to transport gravel from the quarry site to make the hard base for the pigs. Please bring clothing for all weathers, gumboots, sunblock, and vegan treats. We will be providing a yummy vegan lunch! Please RVSP to blacksheepotaki@gmail.com for directions and so we have an idea of numbers. Love to see you there!  Eddy, the smallest and cutest rooster, with Jessie An enormous 'thank you' to all the awesome volunteers who attended a very successful working bee last Saturday! With over twenty people attending, we made some great progress - and also enjoyed lots of yummy vegan treats. After a tour of the sanctuary, we started work on the main project of the day - building yards to make it easier for the vet to treat sick animals, and also carry out routine tasks such as hoof trimming, clipping the fleece of sheep in summer etc. We got well along the way to completing these, and also made great progress with improving and weeding the vegetable garden that provides food for animals and humans at the Black Sheep. Thanks so much also to those who helped with weeding, general maintenance, picking up poo, and working on the wetland area! Fantastic work! And everyone who brought food for humans and animals!  Have you space for a couple (or more) of lovely lambs? Here at the Black Sheep animal sanctuary in Otaki we have 6 gorgeous lambs which urgently need new loving homes. It is imperative to us that they go to live out their days with somebody caring, who will not eat them or use them for profit. They are approximately four months old, two are ewes and four are rams. Please contact us on (06) 364 2241, or email blacksheepotaki@gmail.com if you think you can help out, thank you.
 Thanks to all the wonderful pledgers who are making our coolstore a reality! This weekend the caretakers at the Black Sheep have been giving cuddles and belly rubs on your behalf. So there are some very happy animals, and equally happy humans with tired arms! Below is a slideshow showing some of the images of the cuddlefest! We're currently working on the new issue of the Sanctuary Sunbeam newsletter, and will be sending it out with the remaining rewards in March. Thank you to: MZ, Fox Rangi, Johanna Vroegop, Glen Wuthrich, Luke Sullivan, Taryn Sowa, Jet, Chloea, Tracy Phua, Shanelle, Ingrid Kolle, Fiona Shutt, Karen, Tom Box, Donna Hossack, Ally Graves, Steph Moreton, Lara McMahon | The Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary blog
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