A man will appear in court today after a police officer suffered numerous bite wounds to his head and cuts from a pitbull dog in Foxton yesterday.

Thanks to people like Gina Schick, visions of former champion horses being trucked off to pet food factories are proving false.

Dogs are humanity's oldest friends, renowned for their loyalty and abilities to guard, hunt and chase.

A policeman suffered numerous bite wounds to his head and cuts to his face in an "appalling" unprovoked attack by a man's pitbull dog in Foxton yesterday.

Guests at Robert Mugabe's million-dollar birthday party were fed a young elephant, while a lion and a crocodile were also sacrificed as gifts to be stuffed.

The last thing paddler Jackie Dring expected on her afternoon paddle across Auckland's Rangitoto Channel was to pick up a passenger.

A devastated dog owner says he has himself to blame for the canine's slaying of a protected fur seal.

Pascale Sperling, 13, is heading to Britain to compete in the world's top dog show: Crufts.

Researchers say gerbils, not rats, should be blamed for wiping out millions during the Black Plague.

Animal rights organisation PETA wants Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to cancel any plans to ship two capuchin monkeys to Australia for the filming of the next Pirates of the Caribbean film.

I'm not a people hater, I just often prefer the company of animals. Of course humans are animals too, it's just a pity they don't act more like it.

A Wellsford family enjoying a day in the Hauraki Gulf near Leigh were delighted to have some extra visitors along for the afternoon.

Sheepdogs have proved they can protect little penguins, so now they are to become the personal bodyguards of endangered bandicoots.

A drove of kunekune pigs is causing a big stink in the UK.

The design of Devonport's new library is just purr-fect for its resident cat.

A spider inadvertently found in a packet of grapes by a West Auckland woman has been confirmed as an Australian redback.

A fledgling Kaka was mauled to death by a dog in the Wellington region resulting in a plea from park staff to the public to keep their dogs on a leash.

An injured horse on the side of a busy Auckland road had injured its leg after jumping a fence.

"There were dead animals in drains." A vet has described an horrific case of mistreating cattle on a farm as the worst he has seen.

Live pigs, rabbits and possums have been tied to mechanical lures and used as bait to train some of Australia’s most successful greyhounds.

Which dog will be Best in Show? Westminster Kennel Club 139th annual all-breed dog show has begun - check out the cutest and craziest pictures from the event.

Dogs compete at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City.

A man whose dog attacked and killed a protected New Zealand fur seal pup on a West Auckland beach has been fined $1000 and will have his dog put down.

An amateur photographer was walking along the water with his family when he captured a ten-minute sea battle between a seal and its latest catch.

Australian surfer reveals epic battle with great white shark that ripped off his arms - and the terrifying moment he felt a "second bump".

Sixty whales from a stranded pod of almost 200 have been successfully refloated near Nelson.

There was hope for 64 stranded pilot whales last night when they were finally helped on their way to the safety of deeper water.

Around 100 volunteers are working frantically to save what is left of a pod of stranded pilot whales near Nelson this morning.

Ngongotaha residents have been burying dead ducks found on the shores of Lake Rotorua, and experts say the birds are likely to have died of botulism.