The pit bull puppy found in a Tauranga shopping area with his ears chopped off will head to a loving new home today.

The Department of Conservation has condemned the massacre of more than 100 rare gulls found dead in Southland.

Jim Eagles enjoys the company of the rare birds that thrive on Tiritiri Matangi Island.

Inhabitants of the Sub-Antarctic Islands put on a rollicking show.

A 3-month-old kitten was yesterday smashed against a door frame and left bloodied on a porch while its owners slept.

Tauranga residents are concerned they are dealing with a serial animal abuser after a kitten was violently thrown against a door and killed this morning - the third horrific act of animal cruelty in the city in a month.

The slaughter of 23 seals on the Kaikoura coast last week has prompted debate on whether seals need to be culled in the area.

A 3-year-old dog has been burned to death by an arsonist who doused its pen with petrol and set it alight.

The number of seals which will die as a result of a brutal attack could be many more than the 23 found, a zoologist says.

Twenty-three seals, including eight newborn pups, were found clubbed to death on the Kaikoura coast. DoC believes the seals were attacked over a number of days.

A popular new pet is all the rage in Britain, but it comes with a warning.

About $50,000 is still needed to fund a memorial statue to Moko the dolphin at Mahia Beach.