The Veterinary Council is investigating a complaint against a vet who charged almost $4000 after operating on a cat only for it to die a week later.

Danielle Wright discovers the world of farm animal handling and finds you don't need to own a farm to become involved.

An international conference on conflict between elephants and humans is set to be held in New Zealand for the first time in May.

Each year more and more imported pork makes its way into the food chain - writes Dita De Boni - mostly through our consumption of cheap processed meat such as luncheon sausage and cheerios.

Shark scientist Riley Elliott says people can swim with sharks without being attacked – they just have to know how.

A Whangarei cat owner, who had her cat's leg amputated after it was shot with a pellet gun, fears someone is on a shooting crusade and targeting animals.

The greyhound meeting at Addington Raceway on Friday was raided by animal control officers from three councils in the first New Zealand blitz on unregistered dogs at a track.

A roadkill cat that has been stuffed and turned into a rug has sold for almost $1000.

The sale of a stuffed cat as a taxidermic skin rug has upset animal advocates who say the TradeMe auction is in bad taste and disturbing.

Introducing new species is a valuable tool for controlling pests, but although there have been some stunning successes, it can go badly wrong, writes Jacqueline Beggs.

The owners of a seafaring cat who was presumed drowned after falling overboard were amazed to be reunited with their pet nearly five weeks later.

A pest control programme on land near Lake Wanaka has eradicated almost 700 pests - including a cat compared in size to a panther - in little more than a year.

A comprehensive study into the mass mortality of yellow-eyed penguins on Otago Peninsula this summer is needed if the endangered species is to survive on the region's shores, University of Otago Associate Prof Phil Seddon says.

Slaughterman Kent Sambells' workload was "hectic" last week as Waikato farmers called him in to destroy ailing cattle and take them away for processing into pet food.

A damp start to summer followed by a prolonged spell of dry weather has provided perfect conditions for biting insects.

North Shore residents say somebody is poisoning hungry sparrows and leaving them to die on roads and footpaths.

Liz Light visits Ralph Hotere's final Hokianga home.

Eco-tourism is popping up all over India. Liz Light goes birdwatching.