It wasn't just humans shaken by the big quake - hundreds of terrified pets fled during the tremors.

A puppy has been rehomed in an animal shelter after being kicked, struck against a tree and thrown through a basketball hoop by four boys.

The world may be appalled by a British woman who put a cat in a wheelie bin, but it's minor compared to dogs being hanged in NZ, the SPCA say.

The woman who earned the wrath of a nation after she was caught dumping a cat in a bin says she is "profoundly sorry".

An animal rights group is offering a $10,000 reward after a sheep massacre near Timaru which it is says is one of the country's worst animal abuse cases.

The British woman caught on camera dumping a cat in a wheelie bin said she 'thought it would be funny'.

The British woman who was caught on a security camera cruelly dumping a cat in a wheelie bin is now under police protection after being named and shamed by the press.

Need to blow the cobwebs off you and your pooch? Let him loose in these dog-friendly parks around Auckland.

The British woman who was caught on a security camera cruelly dumping a cat in a wheelie bin has been identified.