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Weka fatally injured in gin trap

Man killed by runaway elephant in France

An 84-year-old man has been killed near Paris after an elephant belonging to a local circus escaped from its pen and hit him with its trunk.

Ask Phoebe: Talk to neighbours first about their noisy dogs

Our neighbours have two large dogs on their well-fenced urban property. We have two problems with them.

Shark Awareness Week kicks off with hopes to ban finning

Dolphin proposal 'inadequate'

Conservation groups say a new government proposal to help the world's rarest marine dolphin, Maui's dolphin, is inadequate and will not save the species from extinction.

A lab experiment, but spot the difference

Black labrador puppy Amani will have a tough job keeping up with his foster brothers - cheetah cubs Winspear and Kamau.

Conservation Week launches today

Conservation Week has launched today with a proposal for a new conservation park on Great Barrier Island and a pest eradication programme on Rakitu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Ape escape - Oscar swims for it

Three apes startled hundreds of visitors to a Christchurch wildlife park yesterday when they escaped from their enclosure.

Ships asked to slow down for whales

Ports of Auckland will ask ships to slow down in and out of the harbour to save endangered whales in the Hauraki Gulf.

Family last heard from croc man in '96

News coverage of a New Zealand man who survived stranded on a remote Australian island was the first his Wellington family had heard of him in nearly 20 years.

Former All Blacks beat Thai ladyboys in elephant polo match

A group of former All Blacks have beaten a team of Thai ladyboys in an elephant polo match.

New NZ native found

They're little, they're fluffy and, for the first time, they're all ours.

Tropical fish smuggler's story leaks out

A Vietnamese air passenger has been charged with smuggling live tropical fish in his trouser pockets after airport staff noticed water dripping down the man's leg.

Too cute to kill? US split over urban deer

'A great day for beagles'

A change of heart by Parliament on testing recreational drugs on animals has been hailed as a "great day for beagle puppies".

Kiwi zoo's lion experience goes global

Acupuncture helps ailing alligator in Brazil

Bino's back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn't move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn't swish.

Animal testing to be reconsidered by Parliament