An Auckland man who crammed 38 dead cats into his freezer has been allowed to keep his three surviving felines but banned from acquiring any more.

The Department of Conservation says it is still searching for the owner of a dog that killed a baby fur seal on an Auckland Beach last week.

Dogs don't care about this election. Cats like to appear if as they know something but the truth is they don't, writes Mark Sainsbury.

An animal welfare organisation believes a dog fighting ring is behind a rise in the number of dogs going missing, but the SPCA doubts that's the case.

An egg producer who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 206,000 dozen falsely labelled eggs has been sentenced to home detention.

John Banks is unlikely to be thrown in with other convicts to cut scrub or clean beaches during his sentence.

Two brothers who starved horses so badly they had to be shot by animal welfare officers have been jailed and banned from owning horses for five years.

There was a purrfect ending yesterday for a wayward cat stuck up a palm tree in a suburban garden for 10 days and nights.

Greymouth police have identified a suspect they believe is responsible for burning a cat last week and say they are confident of making an arrest.

The cat population at Auckland SPCA has reached critical levels and families willing to adopt pets are urgently needed.

A man who filmed himself nailing a possum to a tree has been sentenced to prison.

After being Awol for half a decade Randy the cat was recently reunited with his owners - thanks to a trusty microchip, a caring stranger, and the Auckland SPCA.

Chickens starved to death, dead and decaying bobby calves and the carcasses of four goats were found by SPCA inspectors at a rural West Auckland property.

A man who almost starved his dog to death because he had "lost interest" in the pet, has been banned from owning animals for five years.

Pet owners are paying hundreds of dollars every year for insurance to ward off expensive vet bills.

A 4-week-old kitten found in a tied up plastic bag at Whangarei's Mair Park has shocked the local SPCA which wants people to take unwanted animals to its drop-off boxes.

A woman who claimed she could not afford treatment for her kitten's ruptured eye has been sentenced to community service and fined.

A lesson for would-be burglars - in a break-in, don't leave your band-aid behind. The icky DNA 'present' has helped police arrest a double burglary suspect.

Canterbury SPCA welfare investigators are run off their feet trying to catch up after a record month for complaints in December.

Found wandering the streets as a chick, this hen is ready to be given a loving home.

Missy is a 2-year-old female staffie/boxer mixed breed dog that needs some company.

This male Muscovy duck was brought in as a stray.