It's the dream of many a youngster to own a pony. Shelley Bridgeman takes a look at what is actually involved.

Three-year-old Oracle Brampton was savagely mauled by a dog while trying to pat it.

Farmers are threatening to tear down the predator-proof fence that surrounds the Maungatautari wildlife sanctuary - once seen as a visionary collaboration

A devastating pig disease which broke out in the North Island in 2003 and crossed to the South Island in 2006 is still spreading, farmers say.

Concern for animal well-being is the reason Maureen and Dick Boyd set up a cattery at Te Horo, about 60km north of Wellington.

Animals just keep on dying of neglect at the notorious Kiev Zoo.

A glimpse of the creatures given a second chance to flourish at Bioparc.

Kate Roff submerges off the coast of Thailand to meet a local celebrity.

Images of the world's most beloved polar bear, Knut, who lived at the Berlin Zoo.

Delicious cheese is a serious business at Crescent Dairy Goats farm in Kumeu, writes Phil Parker.

Killer ray skin the latest in leather but can come with qualms of conscience.

A woman who was attacked by a shark north of Newcastle, in Australia's NSW, was bitten several times on the head, shoulder, neck and arms...