A diplomatic gift of an elephant risks becoming a nightmare for the NZ Government as groups take legal action to stop the animal coming to Auckland Zoo.

An olive ridley turtle that washed up on a Hawke's Bay beach last week has died at Auckland Zoo.

Video of a boar being killed during a fishing trip has stoked controversy after being posted on social media.

Being a good cat owner means getting to know them well enough to pick up on signs that something might be wrong.

Two Florida girls got a surprise this summer when they went out paddleboarding - and made a new friend.

Thinking about getting a new family pet? Auckland SPCA is offering 50 dogs and puppies for adoption at half their normal price for the next two weeks.

The Waikato Expressway team has adopted a wayward kitten found at its Huntly project office.

It's no longer enough for an Auckland house deposit, but the cost of Marius and Lizel Koekemoer's two cats is still a sum to wince over. The Auckland couple spent more than $20,000 importing a breeding pair of pixiebob cats into New Zealand, and now the female is expecting her first litter.

It's no longer enough for an Auckland house deposit, but at more than $20,000 the cost of these two cats is still a sum to wince over.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

Hand-reared kakapo chicks put in outdoor pens for a month to wean them. Here's Wendy2 being "begged" after feeding. Source: Dr Andrew Digby, DOC

Rob Kugler is documenting his and Bella's adventures on his website and on Instagram.

Located in downtown Bangkok, Neverland cafe hosts a wide pen area where visitors can play with 29 dogs during the cafe's service hours.

Tourists visiting Thailand are urged not to take selfies with slow loris animals after one was found with his teeth ripped out.

What do you do when you have an intruder in your home that won't budge?

A group of Buddhist monks from Canada have saved the lives of a large number of lobsters, buying them from various vendors and returning them to the ocean.

This hapless man learnt the hard way when he attempted to hand out snacks to local primates.

A wildlife photographer has captured the dramatic moment a pride of lions bolted up a tree after they were spooked by a herd of elephants.

Source: Facebook/NRL A black cat appeared on the pitch during an NRL game between the Panthers and the Sharks.

Auckland sailor Paul Thompson can't always hear everything around him. That's where his cat comes in.

Everybody likes to rug up in winter - for some of us, the colder months make it much harder to leave the house and stay active. This

WATCH: America's favourite big-city big cats have welcomed five kittens to their crew.

A litter of 11 young puppies has been found soaking wet and cold on a pathway after being dumped in Porirua.

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period

A Florida man has spotted what he believes to be an alligator in a tree.

Courtesy: WINK News.

Hamilton Zoo has welcomed a male white rhino calf following his mother's 16-month pregnancy.

A male southern white rhinoceros calf has been born at Hamilton Zoo. Arriving in late June after his mother's 16-month pregnancy, the calf brings the total number of white rhinos at Hamilton Zoo to six. The male calf joins his mother Kito, father Kruger, and females Imani, Moesha and her daughter Jamila.

Source: Facebook/Rojas Montecinos Evy While walking through Naples, Italy, a girl came across a snake that was attacking a mother rat and her baby, but in an act of love, the mother rat vehemently attacked back at the snake until it retreated away.

Rat takes on snake - and wins.