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Happy Feet <i>Time's</i> (runner-up) animal of 2011

Supporters gain a win in fight for Marineland

300 hour penalty for cruelty to dog

Man gets 300 hours for leaving dog to die

Antarctic study digs for clues to penguin past

Animal friends ease the pain in hospital and at home

PHOTOS: Seal pup settles in at Bay of Plenty home

After a long day wandering through Tauranga streets and through a cat door, this young seal pup went straight for the couch at a home in the Bay of Plenty.

Seal pup wanders into home and puts his flippers up

Stray moggy bags $18 million

Mother-of-two dies after being kicked in head by her horse

Police suspect killer crocodile

Eight children die after being bitten by rabid bats

Panda diplomacy adds to Britain's exotic animal love affair

High hopes for fruitful giraffe romance at zoo

Humpbacks show off in the Hauraki Gulf

A humpback whale and her calf frolicked in the Hauraki Gulf yesterday, entertaining a boatload of tourists.

Dotterels released back into the wild

Centipedes spawn fear and loathing in suburbs

Weta minute - he's a wee 'un