SPCA at 'cat crisis point'
The Auckland SPCA has halved the cost of adopting cats and kittens over the Xmas period, saying it is at "crisis point" with too many feline arrivals.
The Auckland SPCA has halved the cost of adopting cats and kittens over the Xmas period, saying it is at "crisis point" with too many feline arrivals.
A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat may be granted diversion.
A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat has been granted name suppression in a brief court appearance.
The SPCA is reviewing its procedures around dogs after a volunteer was mauled by a "family" dog that had shown no hint of aggression until it attacked.
'Clearly this is not rocket science.' The SPCA is shocked by an Otara woman's cruelty in neglecting to change her dog's collar, causing it a serious neck wound.
A farmer has been convicted of ill-treating an animal after his dogs were locked in filthy kennels so long one chewed off its own foot.
The SPCA has clipped the wings of a programme that looked after injured birds.
The owner of a cat shot through the head with a crossbow says she will talk to an 18-year-old who handed himself into police before she decides whether to push for charges to be laid.
The canine heroes and victims of Christchurch’s earthquakes are immortalised in a new book by Laura Sessions and Craig Bullock.
Two Dunedin youths have been arrested in relation to the theft and mutilation of a pet lamb in the city last month.
About 60 "flat cats" came a step closer to domestic bliss at a clinic in Dunedin for the cats of tertiary students.
The owner of a lamb which was bashed and killed on Saturday says he has been blown away by one Central Otago sheep farmer's kindness.
A beloved pet lamb was stolen and later dumped with a smashed head and set on fire outside its Dunedin home early yesterday, police say.
Attacks on guide dogs by out-of-control canines have increased this year, leaving owners and animals injured and distressed.
An investigation has been launched into the "mercy killing" of about 20 cats and kittens at the Wairarapa SPCA centre in Masterton.
SPCA head and staunch animal welfare advocate Bob Kerridge admits that some animal testing will be required as part of a new regime which is designed to prove the safety of party pills and synthetic cannabis.