Two roaming dogs snatched a 13-year-old cat named Marley from a porch in Hastings on Saturday, July 12, while a separate pair of roaming dogs fatally mauled a 10-year-old ragdoll cat named Percy in his driveway two months earlier on May 13, according to local reports. The incidents have prompted Hastings District Council to call … Read more
Volunteers raising funds to build an Abbeyfield House in Napier for seniors have been left gutted after the Government declined to provide capital funding for the project, according to local reports. Committee members Lucy Miller and Mark Baylis have been working alongside a registered charity committee to establish the shared housing development, which carries an … Read more
A Hastings woman, Sophie Greer, suffered bite wounds to her hand and arm while protecting her 10-month-old cavoodle, Lottie, from an unrestrained Rottweiler near Pākōwhai Regional Park on July 24. The incident, which occurred at approximately 9:40 a.m., remains under investigation by Hastings District Council’s Animal Control and local police, who have yet to identify … Read more