Royal Oak Hedgehog Rescue
Safe home wanted for Stumpy the hedgehog.
Stumpy’s Story.
I am a little male hedgehog, my mummy was killed on a busy road I ran away scared, sad, lost and alone. I got very, hungry and ran about trying to find food all night and morning until I was exhausted.
While looking for food, I got both my back feet caught in some fencing mesh. I was trapped for a very long time, getting hungrier and hungrier. I knew I would soon die if I could not get out of this mesh fence netting. I started to chew the mesh, then had to bite off some of my toes to get free.
I tried to the search for some food, but was so weak, with bleeding sore feet, hungry, with some mange too. It was very long cold night. By morning I was totally exhausted. I sat down on the cold wet grass too weak to walk any more.
A man came along at long last and found me lying still and barely alive. He took me at once to Monique at Royal Oak Hedgehog Rescue. Monique has named me “Stumpy”.
Monique warmed me up on a heat pad and hand fed me warm electrolytes, as I was very so dehydrated and thin. Then she carefully cleaned my sore bleeding feet and used antiseptic (Tea Tree Oil) to put on them. I was given electrolyte mix every 3-4 hours and ‘Panacur’ medicine, and special ‘superlac’ milk to help me gain weight. Monique has been hand feeding me for over two months.
I am now well enough to eat and drink by myself again. I can eat a lot of Biscuits and Jellymeat which are very nice but I want to go free to find my own food now. I feel so much better and have gained lots of weight.
My back feet have healed nicely but my most of my toes are gone.
Would some nice human help look after me by making sure I can get to some food and fresh water each night. With only part of 2 toes on one back leg and stumps on the other I need to find a safe fully enclosed garden to live in. Contact Monique if you think you can help look after me in a few weeks when I am ready to be released. 0210350634
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Christmas gifts stolen from parked car prompts warning over holiday break-ins
An Auckland man whose Christmas presents were stolen from his car on a quiet street is warning others not to repeat his mistake.
Police and the AA say opportunistic thieves are breaking into cars more frequently during the Christmas period.
Jeremy Rees, an RNZ staff member in Auckland, had packed his car full of gifts when he decided to visit a friend.
“Everyone had handed over presents and we had a couple of bags full of presents sitting in the back of the car,” he said.
“I decided it would be great to go around and see a friend, drop off some presents and say hello. My wife said to me, ‘Are you sure we should be taking this car?’ I said, ‘I’m sure it’ll be fine’.
“I think it was only 20 minutes outside their house, a very quiet street. It was light [outside]. We came out and my wife pointed out that someone had smashed the rear window, reached in and grabbed the presents, and headed away.
“It was a shock. It was a shock partly because of the Christmas presents and partly because my wife had been telling me, ‘Don’t do that’.”
AA Insurance head of motor claims Beau Paparoa said roadside staff were responding to smashed windows more often.
“We definitely see car break-ins starting to occur a lot more around this time of year. We’re often hearing from customers and some of our roadside teams that there’s definitely a bit more opportunistic theft happening,” he said.
“We’re putting that down to it being a busy time of year. Everyone’s out doing their Christmas shopping and there’s much more presence of gifts and valuables being visible in the car.”
He encouraged people to be careful and make sure valuables were hidden from view.
“In terms of any valuables, if you’ve done some Christmas shopping, or if generally you’ve got valuables in your car, try [to] keep them locked away or out of sight – in your boot if you can,” he said.
“Where you’re parking is possibly a good thing to think about. If you can afford to, don’t park on the street, but if you have to park on-street, make sure you park in well-lit areas.”
Police said it was not uncommon for Christmas presents to be stolen.
“The key is to remove any opportunity. This includes taking valuables or documents out of vehicles wherever possible,” a spokesperson said.
Rees said he wished he had followed that advice.
“I feel a bit stupid, to be absolutely honest. I read all of the things from police saying ‘don’t do this, don’t pack your car, don’t just leave it on the street’, and I did exactly the opposite and I paid the price.”
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Auckland Harbour Bridge summer works
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is carrying out essential maintenance on the Auckland Harbour Bridge this December and January. The southbound clip-on lanes will be closed (24/7) from 26 December to 5 January for road resurfacing. Night-time lane restrictions will be in place throughout the summer for recoating work on the bridge. Traffic will still be able to travel in both directions at all times.
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