Snowed in!

Our movie night was a few night ago. It was a lot of fun. We had a great turn out despite the bad weather. The movie was good and we put on really yummy nibbles. Thank you to every that came; I hope you had just as much fun as we did!

What incredible weather the country has had! The sanctuary was snowed in for a couple days. Carolyn and Jim had to get towed home by a snow plow after the first down pour of snow. The sanctuary had no power or water! The animals were all fine; they all had shelter, heaps of food and most important heaps of straw for warmth. Charlie the elder ex circus monkey, has a heat lamp in his house, of course with the power out he only had straw! Don’t worry Carolyn and Jim were up all night boiling snow for his hot water bottles!

The next day the snow was so deep Sophie the baby goat couldn’t go outside, the snow was too deep! Norm the big beautiful mastiff managed to cut his leg, it was a good cut too, went through 2 tendons and a vein! Carolyn and Jim had to take Norm on the quad bike to the main road where they had arrange for a 4wd and snow plow to meet them. Norm made it to the vets where they stitched him up straight away! He is good as gold now.

Everything is back to normal at the sanctuary, the snow is nearly all gone and everyone is looking fat and happy. We are still busy rehoming cats and dogs and rescuing donkeys. HUHA teamed up with Horsewatch to rescue a gorgeous donkey from a life a pain brought about by ignorance. Her hooves were grossly neglected and as a result she suffered with abscesses. She was listed on a trade me auction which means whoever won the auction could have her no questions asked! This new HUHA addition is a sweet girl who is now safe in a foster home and will be ready for a permanent home in no time.