A 12-year old hunter who posted photos of herself with a dead giraffe, zebra and impala has hit back after outrage over her controversial hobby.

A mundane loan application became an unlikely source of humour for a pet owner when she found herself fitting into an unexpected cat-egory.

Faith, the last hippopotamus in New Zealand was put down by zoo staff yesterday.

Kea researcher Paul van Klink has raised the issue that giving Keas mountain cafe food is damaging the birds' health.

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New Zealanders own more pets per household than anywhere else in the world, apart from the United States, according to a new report

Footage of a kiwi apparently "dancing" around a feeder has been posted online by staff at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin.

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COMMENT: We have a seemingly intractable conflict of ideas on our hands when it comes to the native wood pigeon or kereru.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus Tristram Clayton finds out about a brand new SPCA initiative that’s teaching NZ kids about being a responsible pet owner in a way that keeps them focused and engaged.

A woman in a submerged car could be heard yelling "Oh my God, I'm drowning" before two men on a boat got to her.

The mauling of a 15-year-old dog in Masterton has left its owner feeling "wrenched".

COMMENT: This week Colin got stuck under our house. During the half hour we spent trying to talk him out, I came to realisation dogs don't speak English.

If we had it our way, our pets would never get injured. But owning a dog can be like looking after an accident-prone child sometimes

A zoo in a Ukrainian village has introduced its newest arrivals to the public for the first time: five newborn white lion cubs. The color mutation is rarely seen in the wild.

Dylan Cleaver meets the owners and competitors striving to be Best in Show and discovers if owners really do look like their pooches.

Rats are being trained to sniff out landmines and tuberculosis in Tanzania as part of a project which could one day use rodents to diagnose cancer. Landmines continue to maim and kill across Africa and Asia but with the rats' help the Belgian nonprofit organisation Apopo has already neutralised 83,000 of the weapons.

One of the most studied wolf packs in the world is gone thanks to an Alaska policy that allows hunters to kill wolves and other large predators in the state's national wildlife refuges.

In honour of International Cat Day, a new study claims to confirm everything you suspected about feline fans.

The male calf arrived in June, bringing the total number of white rhinos at the zoo to six.

A mischievous pup had his front legs hacked off, but he's been given another chance at life.

COMMENT: The main human threat in the Auckland Islands is the squid trawl fishery.

Seal ends up in the back garden of a Napier home, warming himself on the deck, and then falling into the hedge.

Top five tips for dealing with some of the most common pet odour problems.

Labour leader says his dog Harry has been howling by Buddy the cat's basket after Buddy disappeared from the family home. Little believes Buddy went away to die.

A saltwater crocodile at a Queensland zoo has been filmed coughing up a plastic drink bottle that was carelessly tossed in its enclosure.

We catch up with the baby orca whale known affectionately as 'Bob' as he is kept under the watchful eye of Dr Ingrid Visser and volunteers while on the mend in a pool on the shores of Tauranga Harbour. Video/John Borren

Wellington councillors have voted to pass a revised animal bylaw that requires cats to be micro-chipped. The Environment Committee passed the bylaw today.

Wellington councillors have voted to pass a revised animal bylaw that requires cats to be micro-chipped.