An Auckland woman who kept 50 cats living in disgusting conditions with serious infections and ailments has been sentenced for her neglect.

Losing a pet can be tough for both the animal and its owner, so the SPCA is once again pushing the importance of having pets micro-chipped.

An SPCA boss disgusted by how many dogs are starving in her patch will tomorrow begin a three-day hunger strike.

A Whangarei man who filmed himself nailing possums to trees and chopping off their limbs has topped the SPCA's annual list of animal abuse shame.

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.

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.

The police and SPCA have carried out a search of a Raglan property as part of an investigation into how the bodies of two cats ended up dead in rubbish bags.

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.

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 lifestyle block farmer who bashed two pigs with a heavy steel bar in a "prolonged and violent attack" in front of an upset teenage boy has been jailed today.

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.