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Horse starved to death
A woman has been banned from owning animals for ten years after a horse starved to death.
Warm and fuzzy visit
St John and SPCA run a therapy session at Northbridge Rest Home hospital wing.
Birds' beaks wired to 'make them quiet'
A man who wired together the beaks of three chickens to "make them quiet" has been convicted in the North Shore District Court.
Cute alert: Watch Kitty Cam
Feel like a cuteness overload? The SPCA is currently live streaming four fuzzy kittens as part of an adoption drive.
Microchipping cats unnecessary, SPCA
A new review calling for bold and urgent measures to control roaming cats - including compulsory microchipping - has been criticised as flawed.
Rescued pups graduate as bomb detector dogs
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.
Ill-treatment of dogs hidden - Mallard
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.
Number of dogs put to death too high
Half the 7375 dogs impounded in Auckland were destroyed in 2013-14 after being unclaimed by their owners and deemed unsuitable for adoption.
Dog owner fined after fur seal pup killed
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.
Supermarket cards aid SPCA
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.
Dead puppy in suitcase 'suspicious'
The death of a puppy found inside a suitcase in a Milton cemetery is being treated as suspicious, a SPCA Otago inspector says.
No charges for policeman who shot dog
The owner of a dog who was shot with an arrow by a police officer says she is disappointed no criminal charges will be laid against him.
Orphaned pets: Andrew and Fleur the cats
Andrew and Fleur the cats were rescued by the SPCA from a house overrun by animals.
Orphaned pets: Whitey the hen
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.
Orphaned pets: Misty the dog
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.
Orphaned Pets: Happiness is a new home
Smokey the goat was never a likely best friend for Madelaine Young's retriever poodle, Teddy.
Kiwi goes on hunger strike for dogs
An SPCA boss disgusted by how many dogs are starving in her patch will tomorrow begin a three-day hunger strike.
NZ's animal abuse shame
A Whangarei man who filmed himself nailing possums to trees and chopping off their limbs has topped the SPCA's annual list of animal abuse shame.
Man who froze dead cats receives ban
An Auckland man who crammed 38 dead cats into his freezer has been allowed to keep his three surviving felines but banned from acquiring any more.
Search for seal-killing dog continues
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.
Mark Sainsbury: Animals still need help after election
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.
'No dog is really safe'
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.
2.5 million free-range eggs faked
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.
Banksie 'will do his time alone'
John Banks is unlikely to be thrown in with other convicts to cut scrub or clean beaches during his sentence.
Brothers jailed for fatally starving horses
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.
Cat spends 10 days up palm tree
There was a purrfect ending yesterday for a wayward cat stuck up a palm tree in a suburban garden for 10 days and nights.