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Saved dog San Fran's hero

This labrador puppy nicknamed Richard Parker after the tiger in <i>Life of Pi</i> was found swimming for her life in San Francisco Bay.

Dogs with a nose for food dangers

Clever canines able to sniff out minute traces of peanuts could soon be available to help New Zealand children with severe allergies.

Replacement for killer dogs

Neighbours of a house where a woman was mauled to death by rottweilers are outraged another big dog is at the address.

Clubs in uproar over dog laws

Look ma, no hands

Cop salutes canine: 'I wouldn't be here'

Senior Constable Bruce Lamb can still feel his beloved police dog Gage leaping over his head to take a bullet from a gunman.

'I'll forever be indebted to him'

Senior Constable Bruce Lamb can still feel his beloved police dog Gage leaping over his head to take a bullet from a gunman.

Retailers pull insecticides deemed harmful to bees

Two major New Zealand retailers have moved to stop stocking a controversial group of insecticides over claims they harm bees.

Man who starved puppy avoids jail

A dog owner who starved a puppy to death today "narrowly" escaped jail, but has been banned form owning animals for four years.

Ram attack video goes viral

A Nelson trailbike rider has become an internet sensation after posting a video showing him being attacked by an angry ram.

Rider's stoush with angry ram goes viral

A Nelson trail bike rider has received international attention for a video showing him being confronted by an angry ram.

Lion Man's TV comeback plan under fire

Parents angered by bid to save dog

The parents of a boy whose face was mauled in a dog attack are furious the owner is returning to court to save her pet two years after their son was injured.

Photo recall: Monkey a puzzle for other motorists

Heads turned to stare as Bwana the baboon coasted down the motorway in a sports car on the afternoon of May 17, 1983, but for driver Tony Ratcliffe this monkeying around was daily life.

Camels linked to deadly mystery virus

The one-humped dromedary camel of Arabia may be the source of a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged without warning last year causing kidney failure and severe pneumonia and leading to the death of about half the people known to be infected.

Animals in motion: pets after the quakes

Massive forces bent faults below the Canterbury Plains, jolting a sleeping city awake at 4.35am. The other world - that occupied by animals - got an almighty fright too.

Phony painted penguins fool...everyone

Two stationary yellow-eyed penguins standing sentinel over Sandfly Bay on Otago Peninsula have been confusing penguins, tourists and volunteers alike.

Bull latest victim of violence