Latest from Pets & Animals

Family members sentenced over animal neglect

Galapagos Islands: Lost in time

An encounter with ancient creatures of the Galapagos.

Dogs raise hopes for paralysed humans

Scientists in Britain have found a way to get dogs with severe spinal injuries back on their feet in a discovery that raises hopes for paralysed humans.

Armed attack on pigeons planned

Armed with air rifles, silencers and night vision goggles, hunters will be staking out the Alexandra bridge over the next few weeks.

Pooch solves mystery

An Eketahuna woman is singing the praises of her english cocker spaniel Izzy after it sniffed out another dog that had been trapped for four days on a sheer cliff face.

Raw Video: Dog versus orca

VIDEO: Orca chases dog

Penguin drama: Unhappy feet

Cubic view captures world's biodiversity

Tiritiri Matangi: Little piece of bird heaven

Spring is the perfect time to enjoy the conservation success story that is Tiritiri Matangi Island, finds Cate Foster.

Courts taking animal abuse lightly

Parliament provided a clear direction to the judiciary when it unanimously increased penalties for animal cruelty in 2010, writes Catriona MacLennan.

Woman hospitalised after falling from horse

Zoo races to save wild orangutans

Renewed calls to end greyhound racing

Quake-affected dog poisoned

A Christchurch dog owner who poisoned his quake-affected pet with insecticide after it attacked his grandson has been banned from owning animals for five years.

Website to get tails wagging

Animal-loving science students design network to bring pets and their owners together.

Rachel steals eggs (for a good cause)

Ditching the high heels for gumboots, Rachel Hunter spent a night creeping through the bush to bring a kiwi egg to Kiwi Encounter.

Albatrosses under increasing threat

Endangered albatrosses which nest in New Zealand are under increasing threat as they compete with commercial fishing operations in the same waters, University of Canterbury researcher Lorna Deppe says.