Friday 3 September 2021
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SunLive Safe Services: What’s open? People around the region are adapting to life in adjusted alert levels, after we shifted from level four to three at 11:59pm on Tuesday evening. While the shift is welcome news for many, a lot of people will still be wondering what is available during this time. Sun Media is here to make this a little easier with our SunLive Safe Services campaign. In an effort to support our local businesses and keep the general public in-the-know, SunLive’s Safe Services campaign will inform you, the public, about what businesses are open and operating safely. The SunLive Safe Services micro-site has an easyto-navigate list of businesses and services currently operating under level three restriction rules. SunLive Safe Services will be pushed out through
an extensive marketing campaign across SunLive, SunLive Facebook and Instagram pages, as well many other community Facebook pages plus the Tauranga City App. According to statistics collected in 2019, there were nearly 17,000 businesses in the greater Tauranga region – that’s around 2.9 per cent of all businesses in the country – and it’s important to support these businesses as best we can when they need us. Buying and supporting local also helps ensure that you, the public, are getting your bits and pieces as fast and efficiently as possible, with minimal handling and delays. Make sure your dollar is working for the whole community, support local and stay safe and informed. Visit: www.pages.sunlive.co.nz/safe-services
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Fishing can be great fun for the whole family, but unfortunately fishing tackle can cause severe injuries to our wildlife and our pets too. Over the years, I have treated many animals with ‘body piercings’ from fishhooks especially seabirds with hooks stuck in their beaks. One day a shag was brought in for care as it had a hook stuck. Shags are robust seabirds with sharp beaks and will not hesitate to bite. I examined it on my examination table and thankfully it was easy to remove
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the fishing hook from its beak and unwrap the fishing line. The shag was placed in rehabilitation and devoured a meal of fish. Moments later I took my next patient, a delightful chocolate Labrador called Duke, through to my consultation room. Duke loved life and enthusiastically bounded into the room, sniffing excitedly at everything around. He was
especially captivated by my table and jumped up to sniff intently - much to the embarrassment of his owner, who would have preferred to boast a dog with more discipline. I laughed at Duke’s antics and mindlessly explained to Duke’s owner: “Don’t worry mate, it’s all good, I’ve just had a shag on the table.” Duke’s owner was stunned into silence. It took a moment for the penny to drop when I suddenly thought to explain that the shag was a bird that I had just treated, and that our staff always have time for a shag! He was most amused.