Donate goods & pet food

We gratefully accept a wide range of donated items to help keep our animals comfortable, enriched, and cared for.

Here is what we currently need most:

• Cat/kitten toys (plastic is best as it's easy to disinfect), ping pong balls and fabric tunnels
• Dog/puppy toys – tough rubber toys, such as Kongs are best
• Rabbit/Guinea pig enrichment items, such as fleece tunnels/tiles/hay racks/feed balls; and toys (hard plastic baby toys work perfectly)
• Interactive or slow feeders, and food bowls
• Litter trays and cat litter
• Scratching posts
• Carry cages (ideally top-loaders with a plastic bottom and wire top so we can clean them to a high standard)
• Kids' plastic climbing frames
• Dog kennels and beds
• Rabbit hutches
• Collars
• Blue shell pools
• Old newspapers
• Towels, sheets, duvet covers and blankets (especially polar fleece blankets) – but please NO duvet inners, pillows or pillow cases, mattresses, bean bags or electric blankets
• Dishwashing detergent and washing powder
• Unopened pet food that we can give out to the community – particularly wet kitten and puppy food

Any unused and unwanted medication should primarily be taken to your vet to use or dispose of. If you wish to donate medication to us, please call the relevant centre first to check that it's something we can use.

If you would like to donate any of these items, they can be dropped to your local SPCA Centre

Can't get to your centre? Drop your donation off at your nearest SPCA Op Shop and it will find its way to the animal centre.

You can help us raise much needed funds for the animals by donating items we can re-sell.

We are incredibility grateful for all donations in good, sellable condition; please no rips, stains, marks, broken or missing pieces. Let your old items become someone's new favourite, simply head to your local op shop during opening hours or speak to our friendly staff at your your local SPCA Centre.

Furniture items can be picked up for free within Whangarei, Auckland, Waikato, Dunedin & Christchurch. Find the dedicated phone numbers here.

At SPCA we are very lucky to have Purina provide us with nutritious food for cats and dogs in our care. This is extremely valuable and means we never have to worry about the thousands of animals who come through our doors going hungry.

However, not everyone in New Zealand is as lucky. That's why we have partnered with supermarkets and placed SPCA Community Pet Pantries in supermarkets across the country - so that you can help pets and families in need, right in your own community.

Find out more about the SPCA Community Pet Pantry and find drop-off locations