The woman who earned the wrath of a nation after she was caught dumping a cat in a bin says she is "profoundly sorry".

An animal rights group is offering a $10,000 reward after a sheep massacre near Timaru which it is says is one of the country's worst animal abuse cases.

The British woman caught on camera dumping a cat in a wheelie bin said she 'thought it would be funny'.

The British woman who was caught on a security camera cruelly dumping a cat in a wheelie bin is now under police protection after being named and shamed by the press.

Need to blow the cobwebs off you and your pooch? Let him loose in these dog-friendly parks around Auckland.

The British woman who was caught on a security camera cruelly dumping a cat in a wheelie bin has been identified.

Just nine of the 63 whales found stranded on a Northland beach on Friday have survived.

Eleven pilot whales have been successfully transported and refloated at Matai Bay after a mass stranding on Karikari Beach near Kaitaia yesterday.

The number of whales to have perished on Karikari beach has now reached 44 - but rescuers are trying to save 14 survivors.

Fifteen whales still battling for survival after a mass stranding in the Far North are in a "fairly poor condition" but rescuers still hope to save them.

Move over Paul the octopus - a new psychic force is predicting the outcomes of contests.

Sri Lanka's government wildlife vets have gone on strike over an elephant conservation plan.

Bridget Vercoe writes that Auckland Zoo's scheme is ill-conceived and unnecessary.

Conservationists are mystified by a sharp decline in numbers of the alpine animal called the ibex.

A man knocked to the ground by a pig in a Northland street says the public should be warned a wild boar could be on the loose.