Oysters being wiped out around the world
Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now "functionally extinct" in many places where they were once plentiful.
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Beaten seal pup put down
A baby seal which was attacked in West Auckland on Monday night has been put down.
Owner horrified at castration of prized pedigree
The mysterious and totally unauthorised neutering of pedigree cat Buddy has infuriated his Tauranga owner, who can no longer lease him out as a stud cat.
Beaten baby fur seal
A baby fur seal found brutally beaten in a west Auckland stream is now recovering at Auckland Zoo. DOC is prosecuting two men over the attack. Photos / Auckland Zoo
Charges to be laid over seal beating
The Department of Conservation has confirmed it will lay charges over a brutal attack on a baby seal in a west Auckland stream. Two men were allegedly seen bashing the mammal with a boat oar last night.
Beaten baby seal taken to Auckland Zoo
Department of Conservation officers say they are "saddened" by what appears to be a brutal attack on a baby seal.
SPCA prepares case over cutting of puppy's ears
The SPCA is is preparing a case against a person believed to have cut off an eight-week-old Tauranga puppy's ears with a pair of scissors.
'Sick, twisted' person left kitten hanging from tree
A Rotorua woman had to put down her 2-month-old kitten after finding it injured in an apparent hanging outside her home.