Animal rights protesters - and one beagle - picketed outside the venue for a speech by animal testing scientist Allen Goldenthal yesterday.

A plan to create intensive dairy farms in South Canterbury's MacKenzie country has been shelved because the consent process is too costly.

Two men who allegedly shot 33 dogs on a rural property north of Auckland have each been charged with 14 animal cruelty offences.

The fight against killing animals for the sake of fashion continues but designers are increasingly going back to the old favourite - albeit claiming the skins are ethically produced.

Cookie the dog looked more like the Cookie Monster when his owners first laid eyes on him.

Kenyan authorities have begun a plan to restore the predator-prey balance in one of the country's premier game parks after a recent drought.