Beagles are cute, with big eyes and floppy ears. Still, if I was hungry I'd eat one and if I am going to take a drug I do not care how many cute beagles need to die for me to be safe.

Three young people could be heard urging a terrified man to come outside and talk to them before they smashed their way into his home and killed a 12-week-old puppy.

Fat cat Hazel is a pet with a plan. And she needs an owner willing to help her stick to it.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, a war is being waged. Soldiers with M16 assault rifles patrol the grasslands and forests and surveillance drones buzz overhead.

Four days after a pet dog disappeared, its skinned and mutilated body was dumped on a family's South Auckland lawn.

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.

Derek Cheng challenges himself and sets a new personal best for culinary repugnancy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The group responsible for phasing out battery chicken cages within a decade has bowed to industry pressure and proposed extending the timetable.

SPCA head and staunch animal welfare advocate Bob Kerridge admits that some animal testing will be required as part of a new regime which is designed to prove the safety of party pills and synthetic cannabis.

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.

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.