New ZealandHorse owner calls for care tonightThe owner of a horse that lost litres of blood after being frightened by the neighbours' fireworks is calling on people to think about pets this Guy Fawkes' night.04 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionCatriona MacLennan: Soft sentencing salt in animals' woundsJemaal Large and Jason Godsiff waited until after dark, took galvanised steel pipes from their vehicles and bludgeoned 23 seals to death by inflicting crushed skulls and open wounds on them.04 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandCall for neutering of stray catsA targeted programme to capture and neuter stray cats before releasing them would reduce the population humanely and effectively, a visiting American animal law expert says.08 Oct 06:40 AM
New ZealandCow drowns in effluent on hellish tripTwo dairy farmers, a stock agent and a trucking company have been prosecuted for putting 25 cows through a hellish trip to the slaughterhouse.27 Sep 03:08 AM
New ZealandCat abducted, shaved, branded with swastikaThe search is on for the people who shaved a family cat in Christchurch and marked a swastika on its back.16 Sep 06:01 AM
New ZealandShark fins float in WellingtonOne hundred grey shark fins, and one orange fin, are floating in Wellington harbour today to mark the final day of shark awareness week.13 Sep 03:26 AM
New ZealandDolphin proposal 'inadequate'Conservation groups say a new government proposal to help the world's rarest marine dolphin, Maui's dolphin, is inadequate and will not save the species from extinction.08 Sep 03:03 AM
New Zealand'A great day for beagles'A change of heart by Parliament on testing recreational drugs on animals has been hailed as a "great day for beagle puppies".29 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionShelley BridgemanShould the Central Park horses be banned?I've always classified those horse-drawn carriages in Central Park alongside Venice's gondolas.26 Aug 10:00 PM
New ZealandMan who starved puppy avoids jailA dog owner who starved a puppy to death today "narrowly" escaped jail, but has been banned form owning animals for four years.21 Aug 05:35 AM
OpinionDamien Grant: Better a beagle dies than a drug-dabbling teenBeagles are cute, with big eyes and floppy ears. Still, if I was hungry I'd eat one and if I am going to take a drug I do not care how many cute beagles need to die for me to be safe.10 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandYouths terrify family and kill puppyThree young people could be heard urging a terrified man to come outside and talk to them before they smashed their way into his home and killed a 12-week-old puppy.06 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandLosing more than furFat cat Hazel is a pet with a plan. And she needs an owner willing to help her stick to it.03 Aug 05:30 PM
WorldHunters become hunted in tiger warIn the foothills of the Himalayas, a war is being waged. Soldiers with M16 assault rifles patrol the grasslands and forests and surveillance drones buzz overhead.02 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandFamily pet mutilatedFour days after a pet dog disappeared, its skinned and mutilated body was dumped on a family's South Auckland lawn.30 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandClinic for student flat catsAbout 60 "flat cats" came a step closer to domestic bliss at a clinic in Dunedin for the cats of tertiary students.27 Jul 02:48 AM
New ZealandWoman badly bitten in dog attackA woman out for her morning walk was left with deep bites on her forearm and thighs after being rushed by a dog which dragged her to the ground.23 Jul 05:30 PM
