For Pets on the Net founder Kim Buchanan, it is the sheer joy of helping people find their pets that has kept her in the business for 14 years.

Disturbing images of a massive python strangling and consuming a wallaby whole have emerged. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

The rare birth of twin giraffes at Auckland Zoo came with a bittersweet blow after one calf had to be put down.

This week, the Herald takes a look at Kiwis who are dedicated to helping our animals. Today Jamie Morton talks to Project Jonah's Daren Glover.

Last year 60,000 animals, including severely abused dogs and kittens with extra toes, made their way through the doors of the SPCA's

A raccoon that was trapped in a drain pipe under a parking lot was rescued after almost 20 hours only to collapse and die the following morning.

A tiny native frog finally has a safe place to call home after a 20-year conservation battle.

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

A dog is fighting for its life after being mauled by three hunting dogs on Orewa Beach.

GRAPHIC WARNING: A calf has been brutally shot at least five times and left to die a slow painful death in the South Island.

Sentence a win for animal welfare says SPCA.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the emotions of livestock in pioneering research that could improve the way animals are farmed.

Brownie lived a life of abuse and agony. Finally, she was bashed about the head with a claw hammer and the open wounds were left to become maggot-infested, in one of the most severe and disturbing cases the SPCA has seen.

Fewer animals were used in experiments in New Zealand in 2015 but a bigger proportion didn't survive their tests, according to new figures.

A rabbit has been left with puncture wounds after it was shot with arrows five times.

Further proposals to reduce the risk and harm of dog attacks has been given a tentative thumbs up from local animal welfare advocates

Waikato SPCA announced on Friday that it will close its doors.

A complaint against a woman who displayed graphic posters on her fence, including of cats and dogs being burnt alive, has been upheld - for a second time.

Pamela De Vere left two dogs to starve in a garage without food or water. It was the second time she had ill-treated animals.

Drops of the controversial pest-control poison 1080 have killed at least two dozen endangered kea in recent years.

Kaikoura's internationally famous "quake cows" are safe and sound and "back in business" today.

Seals are likely to have been killed but it isn't yet clear if the popular Ohau Point seal colony has been destroyed by the Kaikoura earthquake.

Police are checking that people have a legitimate reason to be in quake-hit areas.

Two cattle and a calf which survived yesterday's earthquake should be allowed to retire and live out their days in a sanctuary, animal rights group Peta says.

Napier dog owners were greeted with a protest as they drove to the Bark Island event in Park Island yesterday,on Sunday, with more

The Department of Conservation is pleading for information after a sea lion pup was killed on the Otago Peninsula.

The Fire Service received 402 calls to the emergency 111 line last night.

An adorable dog that was lucky to survive the brutal treatment it received has showed off her amazing recovery alongside a hunky firefighter in a charity calendar.

The SPCA is renewing calls for a ban on the public sale of fireworks and launched a survey asking their animals' experience with fireworks.

The identity of the hunter who killed Pedals the bear with a crossbow will remain secret after the authorities in New Jersey refused to release it.