Helping You Help Animals

HUHA works with pets, farm animals and wildlife. Rehabilitation may lead to a new home, release where appropriate, or permanent sanctuary. Its long-term residents have included animals with disabilities and monkeys and wallabies from a closed zoo. This range explains why a rescue cannot always end with ordinary pet adoption.

During the Nelson bushfires in 2019, HUHA reports establishing a temporary shelter within 24 hours of arrival. It remained for four weeks, until the last of 950 sheltered animals could return home. That dated example shows a disaster-response role centred on keeping displaced animals safe while their communities recover.

Volunteers help with daily care, cleaning, socialisation and exercise. Education also reaches schools and community groups, and HUHA uses mediation to help people and local authorities resolve animal-welfare problems. Its emphasis on practical knowledge gives supporters ways to contribute beyond taking an animal home themselves.

HUHA’s 157-acre sanctuary project at Haywards Hill brings care, education and regional evacuation planning together. The sanctuary page offers visit booking and still describes some facilities as planned, so use its current booking information before travelling. Read the organisation’s history and rescue accounts for more context. AnimalProtech’s map helps place the organisation within the wider rescue network.