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Your dog does recognise you

Good news for dog owners everywhere – your canine friend does recognise your face, according to new research.

Most Kiwis want Govt assistance for new fishing practices - poll

SPCA at 'cat crisis point'

The Auckland SPCA has halved the cost of adopting cats and kittens over the Xmas period, saying it is at "crisis point" with too many feline arrivals.

Animal cruelty couple has application for appeal dismissed

A former Kennel Club judge and his wife, who were banned from caring for animals for 20 years, have had their application for appeal dismissed.

Stores ban Angora over viral video of live rabbits being plucked

Online retailer ASOS has joined a host of upmarket shops in banning angora products over a viral video exposing the cruelty that rabbits suffer.

Blubber me, this seal's a landlubber

'It's not the sort of thing you'd want to come across when you're getting the paper from the mailbox.' A fur seal surprised Dunedin residents yesterday.

Agony after stingray hit

Fisherman airlifted to hospital after fish's barb just misses an artery in his leg.

Meat thieves slaughter seven sheep

Handler who fought off tiger 'selfless'

A clear and grisly account has emerged of the death of Dalu Mncube under the giant claws and teeth of a white tiger.

Homeless boys need a place to nest

Roosters desperately need somewhere to roost around the fringes of New Zealand's largest city.

Combating the slaughter

When Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete launched Operation Tokomeza ("terminate" in Swahili), with its shoot-to-kill orders to deal with elephant poachers, he wasn't mincing his words.

Pic caught on the hoof up for prize

This photo of giraffes sheltering from the rain at Sydney's Taronga Zoo by NZ amateur photographer Cory Kipa has been selected for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards.

White House xmas chaos

The familiar black dog with the white chest and white front paws starred in past Christmases in US President Barack Obama's White House, but the first pooch had to let someone else in the picture this holiday season: his little sister, Sunny.

Set nets spell dolphins' demise, say activists

Campaigners convinced NZ's set-net fishing restrictions are a death sentence for the Maui's dolphin have laid cardboard coffins and fishing nets full of plastic junk outside Parliament.

West Coast men deny starving cows, calves

Two West Coast men have denied starving 150 cows and 30 calves to the point where they have to be euthanised.

'Funeral' for Maui's dolphin

A 'funeral procession' for New Zealand's endangered Maui's dolphin species is currently winding though Wellington's inner city streets.