Animal advocates renew call to ban consumer purchase of fireworks

With Guy Fawkes celebrations tonight, vets and animal advocates are renewing their push to end private fireworks sales. 

The Government rejected a recommendation to do so earlier this year.  

The SPCA is urging Kiwis to back an open letter to the incoming Government, calling to end consumer sales, while Fire and Emergency and MetService are warning people to take care. 

SPCA Senior Scientific Officer Dr Alison Vaughan told Ryan Bridge many animals become lost, injured, and are euthanised as a result of fireworks.  

She says that people also tend to forget that wildlife has no idea what's going on, and it can lead to nest abandonment. 

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