Merry Christmas

With the annual island census over, things are looking great for the dogs of Rarotonga. The results will be released shortly, but the volunteers have certainly put in some serious walking hours and are glad to have it done before Christmas! A big thanks goes out to all the team who literally walked the island stopping at every house, for seven hours a day, five days a week for three weeks to see how the dogs and cats of Rarotonga are getting along.

Our Estelle Friedman Gervis Family Foundation drive to match donations has come to an end, so we are all breathing a little again! A fantastic result, and we can't thank those who helped us out enough!

In other news, the Christmas spirit has hit Esther Honey. Raromart was kind enough to donate us a large bag of decorations, so the tree (and rest of the house) has been suitably glittered and looks sufficiently tacky to annoy Gregg :-)

Leading up to Christmas our volunteer numbers drop significantly, but a small lovely group of us will remian to hold the fort. A few kind locals have even invited us temporary orphans to celebrate with them, though we are also keen to attempt our own Christmas dinner (Gregg is leaving very strict instructions regarding burning down the house!).

Our Honey also finally been neutered and sent home, after so long here we all miss her terribly; she was the only dog I've ever met that never barked for no reason. If she was barking, you knew either someone was climbing the fence, someone was here and no volunteers were with them, a dog was off it's chain or a pig was in the bushes... Such a good wee girl.

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas season, enjoys spending time with their family and friends and keeps the animals in mind. Remember that dogs are for life, not for Christmas, but if you think that you can fit an extra family member into your life, why not make a difference to one this Christmas?!