The SPCA Wellington Centre at 140 Alexandra Road in Newtown sits in the old Fever Hospital on the Green Belt, on Mount Victoria. The website says the building opened in 1919 for human patients and has housed animals since 2013. Inside is the Margaret Doucas Animal Hospital, a full veterinary hospital that treats animals from the community and from SPCA care, including emergencies. Adoptions are by pre-arranged appointment between 10am and 4pm.
Customers praise the foster programme and the adoption support. One adopter said the foster team's training and communication were top notch. Another said the team was kind and supportive when they admitted they could not give a puppy the medical care she needed. One visitor said they called five times one morning and heard only a busy message. Open Locally lists two other vets within a kilometre. For reports and advice, the phone number is 04 389 8044.