A retired race horse was butchered and dumped on a driveway - and revenge or the horse's meat have...

A Whangarei puppy which had been facing death row will soon be training to sniff out explosives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A man who planned to walk with his dog more than 600km was charged after dumping the pet when it became exhausted.

More than 3300 dogs impounded in Auckland were destroyed in 2010-11.