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PEGASUS POST Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Thursday July 22 2021 7 Puppets irreplaceable • From page 1 Before this, they were in England working at a theatre company they launched in 1981. These days the pair are best known for performing shows with a portable animal puppet box at kids birthday parties, kindergartens and KidsFest. On the outside, Kerry appears to be carrying the box. But on the inside, his arms are operating the puppets as if they were moving by themselves. Now all that is left is broken glass on the driveway – evidence of forced entry into a vehicle that is no longer there. Mary said since filing a police report over the phone last Saturday at about 8am, they have not yet located the offender, the grey Subaru or the puppets. And so the search continues for the missing family of eight who called the box home, including Midget the mouse, the “grumpy prima donna frog,” and the iconic crocodile puppet – a crowd favourite. “My husband got back home at 11pm [on Friday]. He had done a birthday party in the afternoon so he was a bit tired and didn’t unload the car,” she said. “Then we woke up in the morning and the car was gone.” This is not the first time the McCammons have lost valuable THE SHOW MUST GO ON: Natural Magic Pirates puppeteers Mary and Kerry McCammon perform at the New Brighton Library earlier this week. However, they are need of the puppet box right seen at a recent event. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN puppets and equipment. In 2002 their house burned down along with everything in it after a fire started in the garage. While it was possible to make new puppets, the original characters were unable to be replaced as they were handmade, including a wizard crafted in the 1970s. The duo has continued the tradition because it was a love they shared, and it made sense to combine their talents. Said Mary: “My husband and I both had a strong interest in theatre before we met. We’re both qualified teachers, musicians and love working with children.” Bid to find more homes for abandoned dogs A CITY council partnership to retrain dogs for adoption with a Bromley-based animal shelter has resulted in almost all dogs being rehomed last year. The collaboration is between the city council’s animal services team and Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust, as well as the Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue in Woolston. “Working with Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue and Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust is a key part of our focus on rehoming dogs,” city council animal services manager Lionel Bridger said. “These two organisations, together with shelter staff, play a vital role in helping to re-train dogs so that they can be adopted out.” Abbey Vanderplas is one of two full-time, trained volunteers FOREVER HOME: Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue founder Abbey Vanderplas has partnered with the city council to retrain abandoned dogs, allowing more of them to be adopted out. at the Bull Breed Rescue. She works with more than 20 other volunteers and foster carers to provide support for pitbulls, staffordshire terriers, bull terriers and their crosses. She founded the organisation 10 years ago after adopting a staffordshire puppy from the city council shelter and realising the difficulties bull breed dogs faced in finding new homes. Vanderplas said there was an “old school mentality” that just is not there today. “It took time to lift that stigma but Christchurch now is really lucky with our animal management. For a large city we are doing phenomenally well at making sure good dogs get a chance.”
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