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Fish pass fitness taste test

Reality Check: Running a cattery

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

Valencia: Contemplation away from cruel captivity

Linda Herrick encounters a rugged yet sensitive stranger in a romantic Spanish setting.

More witnesses needed to bird shooting

Kiev zoo a 'death trap' for animals

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

Zoo gets blame for 4-year-old polar bear's death

Burma's buddy a horse, of course

Horses left to rot in the sun

Accused dog killer appears relaxed and smiling in dock

Christchurch earthquake: Pets find shelter as owners leave town

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.

Calls for inquiry into failed experiments on animals

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

<i>Jim Eagles</i>: Hihi's plight no laughing matter

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

Women end hen protest early after 'achieving goal'

Dog death case heading for jury trial

Japan suspends Antarctic whale hunt - reports

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.

Marsican bear vanishing with Italian wilderness

'Cooked' dog owner charged

Oysters being wiped out around the world

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