Concerns are being raised over the safety of fireworks ahead of Guy Fawkes this weekend.

Animal rescue organisations 'urgently seeking fosters' amid influx in animal offloading.

Owners thought they were showing love to their pets by overfeeding them.

Two of the pigs had already died from lack of care when the SPCA found them.

Prosecutor says he has no confidence woman and her daughter will look after their dogs.

Integrity Board: 'This offending was at the very high end of the scale of seriousness.'

Woman took starving dog to the vet, unaware it was already dead.

Cold and starving pups, believed to be two litters, abandoned near Christchurch.

Central Hawke's Bay residents are angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.

The dog would have suffered severely before dying, the judge said.

The striker waited, poised breathlessly for a dolphin to break the surface of the water.

Police and SPCA are investigating.

The $2 ticket for dogs will be donated to the SPCA throughout the trial.

Some of the cats being cared for at the property are still unaccounted for.

Locals frustrated by the ongoing menace have taken to desperate measures.

Tereariki Moses, 40, beat a cat to death with a plank of wood in 2018.

Travis Takutai and his kids are raising rubbish clean-up awareness in Whangārei.

Each puppy would provide income of about $30,000 over two years from breeding.

Almost 50 cats now waiting for an owner after an influx at the Napier SPCA.

The man in charge of the SPCA's 77 inspectors says animal abuse is a regular occurrence.

The investigation now sits with the police

The video shows the defenceless kitten being kicked by a young boy.

WARNING: Disturbing content. Both police and the SPCA are looking into the incident.

The cats, Murray, Grace and Breeze, were euthanised just days apart.

The SPCA has committed to an investigation once they receive the relevant information.