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Whenever there are animals in need HUHA responds. Our vet and shelter teams have rescued and rehabilitated countless precious wildlife over the years. We have responded to botulism cases, rehabilitated injured birds and have even travelled to Australia in 2020 to assist with the response to their de...

Goats are wonderful intelligent animals who are often misunderstood but gosh are they cheeky and heaps of fun when they have the right care. Each year many goats come into our care at HUHA, many arrive as orphaned kids but an equal number will have been languishing for years neglected and tethered.A...

In 2022 HUHA was called to transfer 90 animals into our care when an urgent and sensitive situation with a bird and exotics sanctuary required them to suddenly shut their doors.While we’ve re-homed most of these special animals to dedicated and experienced homes, we knew Dino, our blue tongue liza...

HUHA is working with the University of Auckland to re-home a number of rats who were bred for science but never used in research. They make wonderful pets and are thriving in experienced and caring homes. They make the most amazing companions - they are smart, loving and not to mention, incredibly c...

Weemu grew up on an emu farm where she would have been turned into oil from her meat. A lovely lady rescued Weemu and brought her to HUHA so she could live a long and happy life at the sanctuary.Weemu has lived at HUHA for nearly two decades in a sprawling paddock with plenty of room to run and play...

Bubble 07 lived in a small tank until her family moved away. She was surrendered to the sanctuary and now lives in a large outdoor enclosure with a pond. She shares her home with several other displaced turtles, and various rehabilitating birds who temporarily shelter at the sanctuary before being r...

Bulldog McMuffin is our long-time, resident magpie. He only has one wing and was hand raised before being surrendered to us. Bulldog is feisty, loving, grumpy, sings like an angel and makes us laugh with his mischief. Isn't he beautiful! He runs the show at Club HUHA with his huge personality and we...

Roosters are wonderful characters. But due to a suburban backyard egg hatching trend, there is a serious issue with them being dumped. Because they’re known to be a bit vociferous and sometimes protective, HUHA has many roosters surrendered each year. It often takes awhile to find the right rural ...

At any given time we have about 30-40 horses, ponies and donkeys in our care. Their care costs a lot in grazing, shelter, feed, veterinary expenses and so on.The current cost of living crisis has resulted in a large increase in the number of horses and rural animals needing our help. Our equine depa...

At any given time we have around 30 cows in our care and back in 2020 we helped rescue, provide vet car for and re-home over 200 in one of our biggest ever large scale rescue operations. We are so grateful to our HUHA community for supporting special sanctuary animals like our not so little family o...

Franklin was orphaned soon after he was born.As he has grown and reached new milestones, health complications have arisen to set him back. During one health episode Franklin required a tracheotomy tube to be placed whilst his airway was investigated. But this strong-minded social butterfly makes the...

The dogs at HUHA sanctuary are a special mix - that’s for sure.Many of our sanctuary dogs have special needs and require intensive, ongoing care - mentally and/or physically. For others, they simply need to be nurtured back to health and given time to adapt to their disabilities and/or learn to tr...

HUHA has four monkeys who will live out the rest of their lives in a purpose-built enclosure at the Kaitoke sanctuary. We hate that they have to live a life in captivity. But it’s heart-warming to see them sparkle and monkey around. No longer on exhibit, retired from pressure.Jungle is an ex child...

HUHA has over 30 pigs who have come into our care from different families and circumstances. We continue to work to find them all the loving, forever pet homes they deserve where they won’t be bred, eaten or on-sold. Although these pigs are incredible in our eyes, they are not the sort that are ea...

When families come to adopt cats from our shelter we tell them time and patience is so important. When an animal's life has been flipped upside down, they just need a moment to breathe and regroup and sometimes even grieve. There should be no pressure or expectations. Time truly heals and it's so wo...

Never underestimate a duck – or any animal. We’re constantly amazed by the personalities and complexity of relationships within and between each species. A perfect example is our permanent resident we’ve named Brick, our “pole duck". He spends his days keeping a watch over everything – tha...

Many geese are surrendered or rescued by HUHA each year. They can become unhappy and aggressive if they don’t have the right habitat and access to water. These often misunderstood fowl require rural homes with a pond or waterway so can be a bit tricky to place. We patiently care for them until we ...