Animals / April 2024
| February 2024-
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No change to dog area on Island Bay Beach
- Island Bay Residents' Association
- Wellington City Council’s Social, Cultural, and Economic Committee adopted the proposed Animal Bylaw, Domestic Animal and Dog Policy on the 10th April. Importantly for Island bay was a decision on dog access on Island Bay beach. A change had been proposed in an attempt protect the dunes. The council received a lot of feedback onContinue reading "No change to dog area on Island Bay Beach"
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Love at the Zoo
- Salient
- There are those who believe that the penguins at Wellington Zoo are nothing more than a conspiracy theory. How else can you explain visiting the zoo multiple times and never catching a glimpse of them? Or only seeing their tiny feet and bellies peeking out from their cozy nesting boxes? Some question if they're real or just well-made statues. The keepers in charge of the penguin exhibit seem to think these birds exist, but VUWSA's Emily Bull thinks otherwise. However, I am strongly against this notion. In fact, I was so passionate about it that I contacted the zoo specifically to learn more about my beloved (and entirely real) penguin couple: Harriet and Nettle. And through my research, I discovered how they (along with some other adorable animals) fell in love.
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Wellington Zoological Gardens, Manchester Street, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sideline Conversions 15 April (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- An early contender for dog supporter of the season. Photo by Hugh Pretorius. The atmosphere at most venues in Wellington at about 3.30pm on Saturday had the look and feel of old-school grizzly July Jubilee Cup rugby. Except it was barely mid-April and the second Saturday of the season. Let’s hope we don’t get another...
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Council leads the way so dogs can have a ball
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s Kōrau Mātinitini | Social, Cultural, and Economic Committee adopted the proposed Animal Bylaw, Domestic Animal and Dog Policy today.
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New microchipping and desexing rules for domestic cats
- Hutt City Council
- Hutt City Council has voted to introduce "chipping and snipping" rules for domestic cats.
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