Feel like a cuteness overload? The SPCA is currently live streaming four fuzzy kittens as part of an adoption drive.

A new review calling for bold and urgent measures to control roaming cats - including compulsory microchipping - has been criticised as flawed.

At the end of this month four rescue dogs will graduate as fully trained explosive detector dogs after completing an intensive nine weeks of training.

Puppy farms and dog fighting were topics Labour's animal welfare spokesman Trevor Mallard sank his teeth into at the SPCA Otago in Dunedin yesterday.

Half the 7375 dogs impounded in Auckland were destroyed in 2013-14 after being unclaimed by their owners and deemed unsuitable for adoption.

Authorities are investigating a photo of thin jersey cows being transported across Cook Strait to slaughter, which caused outrage after being shared on Facebook.

An injured horse on the side of a busy Auckland road had injured its leg after jumping a fence.

A man whose dog attacked and killed a protected New Zealand fur seal pup on a West Auckland beach has been fined $1000 and will have his dog put down.

They're small, come in sets of four and are a proven success with the kids. Countdown is launching its new collection of Super Animals collectable sound cards today.

Andrew and Fleur the cats were rescued by the SPCA from a house overrun by animals.

Sadie was found in a paddock of horses.

Whitey the hen is especially fond of bananas. Last year Whitey joined Lompie the rooster, Panda the cat and Gustav the sheep at Bianca Hill's lifestyle block in Flat Bush, Manukau.

Misty the dog was 2 years old when she was picked up by the SPCA. For some reason, Misty, like countless other dogs, had not been wanted by her previous owner.

Smokey the goat was never a likely best friend for Madelaine Young's retriever poodle, Teddy.

An Auckland woman who kept 50 cats living in disgusting conditions with serious infections and ailments has been sentenced for her neglect.

Losing a pet can be tough for both the animal and its owner, so the SPCA is once again pushing the importance of having pets micro-chipped.

An SPCA boss disgusted by how many dogs are starving in her patch will tomorrow begin a three-day hunger strike.

The Department of Conservation says it is still searching for the owner of a dog that killed a baby fur seal on an Auckland Beach last week.

Dogs don't care about this election. Cats like to appear if as they know something but the truth is they don't, writes Mark Sainsbury.

An animal welfare organisation believes a dog fighting ring is behind a rise in the number of dogs going missing, but the SPCA doubts that's the case.

An egg producer who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 206,000 dozen falsely labelled eggs has been sentenced to home detention.

John Banks is unlikely to be thrown in with other convicts to cut scrub or clean beaches during his sentence.

Two brothers who starved horses so badly they had to be shot by animal welfare officers have been jailed and banned from owning horses for five years.

There was a purrfect ending yesterday for a wayward cat stuck up a palm tree in a suburban garden for 10 days and nights.

The police and SPCA have carried out a search of a Raglan property as part of an investigation into how the bodies of two cats ended up dead in rubbish bags.

Greymouth police have identified a suspect they believe is responsible for burning a cat last week and say they are confident of making an arrest.