
Some animal testing inevitable
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.
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.
Wellington Zoo's four-month-old pygmy marmoset went into The Nest Te Kohanga - the zoo's animal hospital - for the first time late last week. The tiny tot weighed in at only 74.5 grams.
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.
Animals are blessed at the annual SPCA Auckland Blessing of the Animals, held at St Matthew-In-The-City, Auckland
Four abandoned blue heeler puppies rescued by members of the public have been euthanised.
A pod of dolphins has been putting on acrobatic shows for residents on the North Shore.
Elisabeth Easther reckons a farm stay could help satisfy your country craving
A Gisborne woman suffered serious facial injuries in what's been described as a "horrific" attack by two dogs.
Muzzled and waiting in a sterile room for the vet's lethal injection, this was the last sight that 3338 dogs in Auckland saw.
A 5-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after being bitten by a dog in south Auckland last night.
A 5-year-old boy has been hospitalised after being bitten on the face by a pit bull, believed to be a family pet, in South Auckland.
Three dead whales have washed up on West Coast beaches in as many days.
A shivering litter of tiny blue heeler puppies was dumped on city streets on one of the coldest nights of the year.