News that Zion Wildlife Park has been placed in receivership has revived hopes that the Lion Man could return to rescue the big cats. As Geoff Cumming reports, that may not be in the animals' best interests.

A court injunction is being drafted to save the big cats at Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens, after receivers moved in to take control of the Northland park today, the current operator says.

Ahead of a trip to Western Australia, Pamela Wade worries about being swallowed up by the world's biggest fish.

A farmer was recovering in hospital last night after being charged at by a bull which threw him almost two metres into the air.