The SPCA believes too much money is being spent on an animal cruelty case.

Concern for animal well-being is the reason Maureen and Dick Boyd set up a cattery at Te Horo, about 60km north of Wellington.

Animals just keep on dying of neglect at the notorious Kiev Zoo.

Man told house would be burnt if he spoke about slaughter

In the last two weeks, a highly trained group of once-abandoned dogs have proved invaluable in quake-torn Christchurch.

A feathery find in the rubble of central Christchurch has become a small symbol of hope for an earthquake-ravaged city.

The Canterbury SPCA has taken in more than 150 pets from people displaced by the earthquake and has promised to care for them until they can be taken back.

The Soil and Health Association is backing calls by the Green Party for a parliamentary inquiry into failed genetic experiments on animals.

Hihi - otherwise known as stitchbirds - may well be New Zealand's most interesting birds.

The Japanese whaling fleet appears to have called an early end to its whaling season in Antarctica, a move which conservationists tentatively say could spell an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now "functionally extinct" in many places where they were once plentiful.