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SPCA at 'cat crisis point'
The Auckland SPCA has halved the cost of adopting cats and kittens over the Xmas period, saying it is at "crisis point" with too many feline arrivals.
Animal cruelty couple has application for appeal dismissed
A former Kennel Club judge and his wife, who were banned from caring for animals for 20 years, have had their application for appeal dismissed.
Crossbow cat teen may get diversion
A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat may be granted diversion.
Homeless boys need a place to nest
Roosters desperately need somewhere to roost around the fringes of New Zealand's largest city.
Set nets spell dolphins' demise, say activists
Campaigners convinced NZ's set-net fishing restrictions are a death sentence for the Maui's dolphin have laid cardboard coffins and fishing nets full of plastic junk outside Parliament.
Rich-lister's big game kills
Gun in hand, Kiwi millionaire Mark Gunton stands proudly over the corpse of a fallen African elephant.
Teen in court over crossbow attack
A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat has been granted name suppression in a brief court appearance.
Three wolves shot dead after escaping UK zoo
British zoo staff have killed three wolves which escaped from their pen.
Kerre McIvor: Shooter of farmed wildlife fails sporting test
When Melissa Bachman posted a photo of herself posing with an assault rifle and a very dead lion, she must have known she was being deliberately provocative.
Fine print allows shark finning to continue
It was the kind of photo opportunity Cabinet ministers dream of.
Eat horse meat says Princess
Princess Anne has suggested people in Britain should consider eating horse meat as it would help to improve the welfare of the animals.
Man's best friend & employee
Dogs may be man's best friend but, on many New Zealand farms, they are also often their best employees.
Kea joins list of threatened birds
Several of New Zealand's most cherished birds - among them the kea and two types of albatross - have been shifted to a more serious conservation status following a national survey.
Dog suffers due to cheap collar
'Clearly this is not rocket science.' The SPCA is shocked by an Otara woman's cruelty in neglecting to change her dog's collar, causing it a serious neck wound.
Dog locked in kennel chews off own foot
A farmer has been convicted of ill-treating an animal after his dogs were locked in filthy kennels so long one chewed off its own foot.
Shark finning banned in NZ waters
Shark finning will be banned in New Zealand waters under a government proposal announced today.
SPCA releases 2013 List of Shame
Black swans run over by a boat, a pet sheep bashed and set on fire, and fowl found stuffed in a chest of drawers have topped the SPCA's 2013 List of Shame.
Horse owner calls for care tonight
The owner of a horse that lost litres of blood after being frightened by the neighbours' fireworks is calling on people to think about pets this Guy Fawkes' night.
Catriona MacLennan: Soft sentencing salt in animals' wounds
Jemaal Large and Jason Godsiff waited until after dark, took galvanised steel pipes from their vehicles and bludgeoned 23 seals to death by inflicting crushed skulls and open wounds on them.
Call for neutering of stray cats
A targeted programme to capture and neuter stray cats before releasing them would reduce the population humanely and effectively, a visiting American animal law expert says.
Cow drowns in effluent on hellish trip
Two dairy farmers, a stock agent and a trucking company have been prosecuted for putting 25 cows through a hellish trip to the slaughterhouse.
Cat abducted, shaved, branded with swastika
The search is on for the people who shaved a family cat in Christchurch and marked a swastika on its back.
Shark fins float in Wellington
One hundred grey shark fins, and one orange fin, are floating in Wellington harbour today to mark the final day of shark awareness week.