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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.
Drones fly into war on poaching
Circling 180m above the ground, its thermal camera trained on the scrubland below, the drone silently watches for its target.
Editorial: Recreational drug control a world first
Editorial: Campaigners for the legalisation of cannabis must be watching with interest. While the law would apply only to synthetic equivalents, it might be hard to deny the same tests to naturally grown leaf.
Beagles tug heartstrings in animal welfare protest
MPs and animal welfare activists have attempted to pull Parliament's heartstrings by recruiting a pack of photogenic beagles in a protest against the possible testing of party pills on animals.
Greens plan own hearings on animal testing for drugs
The Green Party will increase pressure on the Government to rule out testing of synthetic drugs on animals by holdings its own hearings today.
Catriona MacLennan: Review of animal welfare law too timid
New Zealand in 2013 has the opportunity to take a bold step and introduce the best animal welfare laws in the world.
Precious penguins needing better protection
Extending a ban on set net fishing around the Otago Peninsula will stem the deaths of one of the rarest penguin species in the world
Man accused of bashing pigs now facing chicken charges
A North Canterbury forest lifestyle block owner facing animal welfare charges has now been charged with breaching a protection order and bashing 13 chickens to death.
Hector's dolphins caught in nets
Two Hector's dolphins have been captured by set nets during an electronic monitoring programme of the set net industry in Timaru.
Making the fury fly
Ingrid Newkirk compares factory farming to the Holocaust and SeaWorld to slavery. Carole Cadwalladr crosses swords with the founder of Peta.
Dumping of kittens, cats 'disgraceful'
The Otago SPCA says the dumping of nine kittens and two cats near a swede stand between Milton and Waihola yesterday was "disgraceful".
Company admits failing to feed cows
A Taupo dairy company's guilty plea of failing to provide sufficient food for hundreds of cows sends a "strong deterrent message'', Federated Farmers says.
Cruelty case: Cows 'sick, depressed'
More than 1000 cows on a large Taupo dairy farm were left dangerously thin, sick and "sad" after months of being underfed, a court has been told.
Man jailed for driving into endangered black-billed gulls
Samuel John Townhill, 39, pleaded guilty in Ashburton District Court yesterday to two charges of destroying the nests of black-billed gulls laid under the Wildlife Act.
Horrific animal abuse on the rise
A flood of animal abuse cases in the courts has coincided with the launch of a national animal welfare strategy.
Rescuer's endless mission
Linda Nunn has rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed thousands of animals, and once found homes for 1700 wild chickens being starved and slaughtered in Albany.
Man allegedly beat pigs with iron bar
A Canterbury lifestyle block owner is facing animal welfare charges after allegedly beating four pigs with an iron bar.
Cathy Casey: Burma - the elephant in the room
Many believe that Burma's needs would be better served by retiring her from Auckland Zoo to a sanctuary overseas, writes Dr Cathy Casey. I do too.
Attack on kitten 'absolutely disgusting'
For a group of young people on a night out in Napier last weekend a 14-week-old kitten was the perfect target for violence.
Man jailed for beating dog
An Auckland man who beat a dog so badly it lost an eye and several teeth has been sent to prison for six months.
SPCA dog now working for foreign army
A puppy rescued by a Whangarei SPCA worker is now saving lives by sniffing out explosives in some of the world's war-torn danger spots.