The first step in turning around the decline of the western North Island brown kiwi. Within five years the goal is for this population to grow for the first time in over a hundred years. / Kiwisforkiwi
Residents of a remote Russian town are under siege from hungry polar bears.
Here's where to spot our "clumsy, drunk, gluttonous and glamorous" Bird of the Year.
The visitors could face six months in jail for illegally sharing their food with bears.
Greece has banned obese tourists from riding donkeys after animal activists' petition.
They might look like overstuffed teddybears, but there's nothing cuddly about them.
A dead anorexic budgie and vet bill over $6000 were Birgit Kiener's welcome-home gifts.
Good Samaritans recognised for service to community.
"My questions is how many animals are getting turned away?"
COMMENT: Plastics are affecting turtle populations but probably not in the way you think.
"There was one sitting on top, alive, sitting on all his dead mates."
It was alleged the dog suffered "unreasonable and unnecessary pain or distress".
The SPCA needs Aucklanders to adopt chickens, roosters and goats. Can you help?
Kiwi Murray Silvester said he poisoned the birds under the direction of his employer.
COMMENT: Vegan cafe owner put beliefs before money - but it cost him his business.
Pet food firm owner sentenced for brutal animal cruelty case exposed in secret footage.
Plastic pollution threatens sea turtle population, who mistake rubbish for food.
"It was like they were really drunk... they could barely walk or stand" - Witness
The road was still closed at 5.15pm and unlikely to be open for at least another hour.
Three seals were killed by dogs on Christchurch beaches last year.
COMMENT: Forest in predator-free zone could have corridor role in native bird revival.
Residents in Wellington's York Bay can hear a constant chirping of tūī in their backyard.
Three lambs were killed and a ewe shot in the head with what may have been a .22 rifle.
Botswana disputes cause and number of elephants found dead near Chobe national park.
Diver spotted turtle behaving abnormally near Whangarei Heads.
This tourist soon ended up regretting what he got up to on his Hawaiian holiday.
The harvest of foetal bovine serum is the latest in a string of animal welfare issues.
Auckland Zoo ruled out relocating their lion at the risk of being killed by other animals
Police worked with mechanics and a vet to save a kitten who lost a leg on the motorway.
Anne Batley-Burton – cat activist and former real housewife of Auckland, talks about the Auckland Council pest eradication program in which cats rounded up without microchips can be culled. / Michael Craig
Ignorance is no longer an excuse on the issue of elephant-riding.
COMMENT: It's time to get serious on solutions which will help the environment.