Animal rights organisation PETA wants Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to cancel any plans to ship two capuchin monkeys to Australia for the filming of the next Pirates of the Caribbean film.

A fledgling Kaka was mauled to death by a dog in the Wellington region resulting in a plea from park staff to the public to keep their dogs on a leash.

The Green Party has enlisted the help of a cuddly rabbit in a bid to convince Government to support a ban on testing cosmetics on animals.

Ngongotaha residents have been burying dead ducks found on the shores of Lake Rotorua, and experts say the birds are likely to have died of botulism.

More stranded pilot whales are expected to die as weather conditions and nightfall hamper efforts to save 174 pilot whales that ran into trouble today.

109-year-old Alfie Date spends his time knitting tiny wool sweaters for tiny injured penguins.

Parks and beaches are great places for dogs to romp around, but they are not a free-for-all, says Cathy Casey.

It may look like a Photoshop effort, but Rami the dog really does have the head of a pit bull and the body of a dachshund.

At what point does an individual go from pet enthusiast to 'animal hoarder'? Animal behaviour expert Sally Hibbard investigates.

A Reefton man who punched and kicked a cow at the Cape Foulwind dairy farm where he worked has been sentenced to community detention and community work.

As the rare and endangered black petrel nests on Great Barrier Island over summer, fishers have been asked to remain on guard to avoid accidentally hooking them.

Kid Rock has angered animal rights groups after posing with the corpse of a mountain lion he had killed.

One of Auckland Zoo's two siamang gibbons has been put down, ending an 11-year life in which he was believed to have been severely depressed.

A broadcaster that begun with a mission to educate has gained a reputation for hype and fabrication. Time for a reality check.

On Labour Weekend this year, Ashley Schomaker decided to make the holiday a memorable one.

Two youths have been charged after police found 22 sheep crammed in a van in Gisborne this morning.

The move to grant an orang-utan in Argentina some legal rights enjoyed by humans could open the floodgates to thousands of similar cases.

There are aliens living amongst us, not little green men but foreign animal species from ecosystems far away, writes Sally Hibbard.

Filming for Pirates of the Caribbean 5 could be delayed, all thanks to a bit of monkey business in Australian quarantine.

Bridget Foxx-Parr discovers that giving an unwanted cat a second chance has unforeseen benefits.

Owning a pet is a two-way relationship. They give people pleasure during the good times, but you have to take care of them when they fall ill.

Justin Bieber is reported to have "abandoned" his third pet, an adorable puppy called Karma.

Animal welfare has become an important issue for many countries we trade with, writes Mandy Carter. NZ can't afford to ignore increasingly high expectations of how we treat our animals

A living creature is just about the last thing you would expect to be on display in a museum, which is probably why children are drawn to the "weird and wonderful" section of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

The actions of a Cobden man who set a cat on fire, beat another to death and cut off their paws has been described as "nasty and sadistic" by his own laywer.

Auckland Museum is disappointing some of its younger patrons by "retiring" its menagerie of live creatures - partly because of welfare concerns.

The deaths of two New Zealand sea lions inside fishing nets designed to help them escape has prompted calls for better protection of the critically endangered species.

For four years, Gary Hurley has been a foster carer for kittens that are too sick or too small to stay with the SPCA.