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![Clinic for student flat cats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Clinic for student flat cats
About 60 "flat cats" came a step closer to domestic bliss at a clinic in Dunedin for the cats of tertiary students.
![Woman badly bitten in dog attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Woman badly bitten in dog attack
A woman out for her morning walk was left with deep bites on her forearm and thighs after being rushed by a dog which dragged her to the ground.
![China: A soft spot for sizzled spaniel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
China: A soft spot for sizzled spaniel
Derek Cheng challenges himself and sets a new personal best for culinary repugnancy.
![Cuddly pets ready for adoption](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cuddly pets ready for adoption
Auckland SPCA is overrun with rabbits. The organisation is hunting for homes for more than 40 rabbits - and staff say it's a great time to adopt.
![Bid to block animal testing fails](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bid to block animal testing fails
A total ban on animal testing in legislation to regulate legal highs has been voted down by MPs despite an emotional speech by Act leader John Banks.
![People wanted to adopt geese](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
People wanted to adopt geese
Wanted: people to adopt a growing gaggle of white Embden geese.
![Banks defiant on animal drug tests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Banks defiant on animal drug tests
Act Party leader John Banks will make a rare vote against his coalition partner National this week to maintain his passionate defence of animal rights.
![Farmer guilty of neglecting calves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Farmer guilty of neglecting calves
A farmer who left his herd of calves without food and water for months at his leased Papamoa farm neglected the animals so he could attend to his sick wife and newborn child.
![Govt urged to act by world's top dolphin scientists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Govt urged to act by world's top dolphin scientists
The world's top dolphin scientists have urged the New Zealand government to act now to protect the Maui's dolphin marine environment or risk the species being extinct in 20 years.
![Two face court over goat cruelty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Two face court over goat cruelty
A Bay of Plenty man charged with animal cruelty after black swans were allegedly mowed down by a jet boat is also accused of filming a juvenile goat being thrown into the air and shot.
![Christmas Day sheep killing 'inhumane'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Christmas Day sheep killing 'inhumane'
A man who told police he thought "lamb chops on the barbecue would be nice" has been convicted of wilfully ill-treating two sheep he killed at a farm on Christmas Day.
![Battery cage plan extension proposed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Battery cage plan extension proposed
The group responsible for phasing out battery chicken cages within a decade has bowed to industry pressure and proposed extending the timetable.
![Is the Govt going far enough?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Is the Govt going far enough?
A long-awaited threat management plan for Maui's dolphins is to be announced next month - but one MP has questioned whether the Government is going far enough to protect the critically endangered species.
![Radical feral cat, rat plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Radical feral cat, rat plan
Move over, Gareth Morgan. A Dunedin woman concerned about the number of feral cats roaming the city has a radical solution for ridding Dunedin of such its undesirables.
![Michael Cox: Former All Black's anti-animal cruelty message inspires](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Michael Cox: Former All Black's anti-animal cruelty message inspires
Norm Hewitt and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have started a conversation with school students around New Zealand.
![Door open to Japan on whaling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Door open to Japan on whaling
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has told his Japanese counterpart that he is hopeful Japan will be open to resuming talks with New Zealand to find a diplomatic solution to whaling.
![Four pups put down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Four pups put down
Four abandoned blue heeler puppies rescued by members of the public have been euthanised.
![Cathy Casey: Lazy owners send dogs to their deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cathy Casey: Lazy owners send dogs to their deaths
Muzzled and waiting in a sterile room for the vet's lethal injection, this was the last sight that 3338 dogs in Auckland saw.