An egg's an egg, right? Not quite, as they're not equal in weight or taste.

A man is defending accusations that he held a rabbit by its ears and thrust it at passers-by in Auckland's Queen Street.

A furious Tauranga family are demanding justice after an air rifle attack on their beloved cat left it with three legs.

Ross Allan says his children are distraught after their $1000 Abyssinian moggy was shot dead by a neighbour who thought it was feral.

In a disaster, cats head for the hills, but dogs stick around, according to SPCA figures out today.

It wasn't just humans shaken by the big quake - hundreds of terrified pets fled during the tremors.

A puppy has been rehomed in an animal shelter after being kicked, struck against a tree and thrown through a basketball hoop by four boys.

The world may be appalled by a British woman who put a cat in a wheelie bin, but it's minor compared to dogs being hanged in NZ, the SPCA say.

The owner of the only pup to survive a massacre of more than 30 dogs believes it has been the victim of a poisoning attempt.