The breeder is now facing 90 years in prison for carrying the animals in poor conditions.

A heartbreaking scene in Blue Planet is prompting viewers to ditch plastic bags.

It's no longer monkeys or dogs, but lots of animals still get sent into space.

It might be the only way to stop the suffering.

Snap Fitness New Brighton's manager is eating burgers to save troubled dogs.

Paranoid about smelly feet? This new robo-pooch will give you the honest truth.

Grieving for a pet may seem an indulgence compared to other miseries, so why do we do it?

This is the moment this dog realised the birthday cake was for him.

Researchers have created a super-strong glue which can cling to internal organs.

Ruth Spencer on why lovers of the great outdoors have it all wrong.

Eclipse puts herself on the bus every day and travels to the dog park.

Scott Dame shot the 4 metre reptile when he saw it strangling his goat.

Owners serving up plates of raw tucker may be causing more harm than good.

Compare animal behaviour to human behaviour and maybe we can learn to be better parents.

Easter life saver: How to tell if your dog has eaten chocolate and what to do next.

April the giraffe gives birth at a New York zoo in front of a huge online audience.

Is April the Giraffe actually pregnant, or have we all been fooled by an elaborate prank?

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.

Urgent action is needed to stop the cheetah - the world's fastest land animal - sprinting to extinction, experts have warned.

The hunt for a mega shark believed to be roaming the coast of New Zealand is still on.

A photo of two "hot" Southern District police officers posing with puppies has garnered hundreds of likes on Facebook.

When he turned 90, everyone assumed that Sir David Attenborough would slow down. Hardly. Ahead of his New Zealand visit, Joe Shute meets the world's favourite naturalist.

People love to watch them shake their tails and waddle. Oamaru's little blue penguins have become international sensations with a

Genetic evidence suggests that man's best friend has been enjoying food scraps from humans since the earliest days of living together, even adapting to digest changes in human diet.

'The dog ate my brownie': Tasty "edibles" such as muffins and cookies that people consume for a buzz are also appealing to animals, who can't read warning labels.

If you've got a musical moggy, this pet project could be right up your street - a CD of songs specifically for cats. The album, Music

After her farmyard-mad son insisted on a birthday cake depicting a cow giving birth, this mum decided she had no choice but to come to the party.

Rat takes on snake - and wins.

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.