Animals are blessed at the annual SPCA Auckland Blessing of the Animals, held at St Matthew-In-The-City, Auckland

Two horses have died after being hit by a car in south Auckland this morning.

South Dunedin cat owners are being warned to keep their pets indoors as police investigate an alleged feline serial killer stalking the suburb.

A couple are planning to move after someone kicked their much-loved pet cat so hard his abdominal wall split open.

Auckland SPCA is calling for people to adopt their own Easter bunny this weekend, but only if they are prepared to look after it.

North Shore residents say somebody is poisoning hungry sparrows and leaving them to die on roads and footpaths.

WARNING: Graphic content. SPCA staff believe a cat found drowned in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour on Sunday was lured into a lobster trap and left in the water to die.

A potential cat fight has quietened down in Paihia after a conservation group accused the SPCA of supporting a cat colony in the Village Green.

In Australia, companion animal controls are much stronger than ours, writes Brian Rudman. It seems a good first step in dissuading cat - and dog - ownership.

The SPCA has rejected claims it releases cats into the wild after Gareth Morgan offered $5 for every unwanted cat it euthanised.

Environmentalist Gareth Morgan has offered to donate $5 to the SPCA for every homeless cat they put down.

After two days of frantic debate on cats in New Zealand it is worth paw-sing for a moment of reflection, writes Gareth Morgan.

Cat-lovers have reacted with scorn and bewilderment to a campaign to rid the country of their pets - although conservationists say it highlights a serious problem.

Top New Zealand economist Gareth Morgan is launching a campaign to eradicate domestic cats, calling them sadists that destroy native wildlife.

Almost 20 abandoned animals featured in the Herald's summer papers have found homes.

The majority of New Zealanders do not want recreational drugs tested on animals, a Herald-DigiPoll survey reveals.

Wanganui SPCA staff rescued a dog which they say was having a fit and near death due to being trapped in a hot vehicle.

The idea was barking mad, but that didn't stop three New Zealand rescue dogs from becoming some of the most publicised pooches in the world.

Liz Holdcroft says the 19 years she's spent at the SPCA have been bittersweet - she's loved and cared for many animals.

Monty, Porter and Ginny have already turned heads around the world after video of them driving a modified Mini went viral on the internet. Now the man who spearheaded the training to put the dogs behind the wheel is considering their next challenge.